ERRATA ^ 

Page  20. — Read  "llth  of  Revelation,"  instead  of  "10th  of  Revelation;" 
read,  also,  '•  two  witnesses,"  instead  of  "  ten  witnesses." 
Brother  Johnson,  in  "The  Vision  of  the  Ages,"  gives  the  lltli 
chapter  a  great  deal  of  knowledge.  He  says  that  when  France 
set  up  a  God  of  Reason  the  two  witnesses  lay  dead  exactly 
three  years  and  a  half  to  a  day  when  they  destroyed  the  Bible. 
Brother  Johnson  gives  a  historical  account  of  all  the  chapters 
in  Revelation  as  far  as  history  bad  gone  at  the  time  he  wrote. 

Pagk  29. — Read  "Be  baptized,"  instead  of  "He  baptized." 

Page  31. — Read  "into  all  truth,"  instead  of  "unto  all  truth." 

Page  33. — Read  "fell  on  us,"  instead  of  "falls on  us." 


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Preface 


*A  S  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Chicago,  having  come  here  in 
^  October,  1846,  this  short  sketch  of  my  life  I  would 
dedicate  to  those  ladies  of  the  city  who  for  many  successive 
years  —  in  connection  with  taking  FAITH'S  RECORD  —  have 
treated  me  with  marked  courtesy  and  kindness,  and  have 
manifested  the  amount  of  interest  in  my  personal  history 
which  encourages  this  effort  to  reproduce  some  of  the  in- 
cidents connected  with  a  long,  active,  and  not  altogether 
uneventful,  life.  L.  D. 


A 


INDEX. 


PAaE. 

Preface 3 

Autobiography 5 

Chapter  I. — My  Early  Days 5 

Chapter  II. — Chicago  Life 11 

Views  on  the  Prophecies 19 

Remarks  on  the  New  Covenant  and  the  Third  Person  in  the  Trinity 27 

Chapter  III.— My  Connection  with  the  Foundlings'  Home 36 

Miscellaneous 49 

Sermon,  by  Rev.  J.  W.  Allen. — Alexander  Campbell  and  His  Work 49 

Narrative 57 

Remarks  of  Napoleon  I.,  Captive  of  St.  Helena  ...    61 

Woman's  Work 64 

The   W.    C.    T.    U.,    Having   Cut  Their  Eye-teeth,   Will  Now  Abandon   the 

Soothing-syrup  Policy 65 

The  Ribbon  of  Blue 66 

David  and  the  Giant  in  1882 67 

Alabaster  Boxes  of  Human  Sympathy 68 

General  Gordon 68 

lo  Victis 69 

Died — (To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kellogg) 70 

In  Memoriam 71 

The  Warning  Dream 71 

Jesus  Our  Refuge 74 

Mary 75 

Dedicated  to  My  Scrap  Book ...    75 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  G.  P 76 

Jennie  Lind 77 

The  Old  Bridge 78 

Blues . .  79 

Recipe 80 


CHAPTER  FIRST. 


MY  EARLY  LIFE. 


I  WAS  born  September  27,  1811,  in  the  town  of  Newstead,  Erie  County, 
N.  Y.,  where  my  parents,  Samuel  and  Jane  Anderson,  settled  in  their 
early  married  life.  There,  surrounded  by  broad  acres,  with  everything 
additional  which  their  thrift  and  industry  could  acquire,  I  was  reared 
in  a  home  of  plent}^  free  from  all  anxiety  and  care;  for  m}'^  mother — 
wonderful  woman  that  she  was — seemed  more  than  competent  to  assume 
all  responsibility.  I  can  scarcely  find  words  in  which  to  express  all  the 
admiration  I  felt  for  her  in  those  childish  days,  or  even  that  which  her 
memory  elicits  at  this  late  date.  Generous  to  a  fault,  firm  yet  affectionate, 
not  only  to  her  own,  but  to  every  needy  one  who  came  within  the  radius  of 
her  influence,  she  proved  a  friend  and  benefactor.  The  memory  of  such 
a  mother  has  proved  a  life-long  blessing,  and  that  early  beautiful  past 
has  always  seemed  to  me  like  an  oasis  in  the  desert  in  life's  wearisome 
hours.  1  had  a  kind,  indulgent  father,  and  all  that  was  ever  expected  of 
Lottie,  as  I  was  affectionately  called — my  name  being  Laui-a — was  to  look 
after  my  younger  brothers  and  sisters,  and  this  was  to  me  only  a  labor  of 
love.  I  have  sometimes  thought  the  knowledge  thus  obtained,  as  it  regard- 
ed the  care  of  little  ones,  together  with  my  natural  love  for  children,  com- 
bined, in  after  years,  to  decide  what  my  vocation  should  be  when  circum- 
stances threw  me  upon  my  own  resources.  Much  as  I  love  to  linger  on 
this  blissful  period  of  my  life,  even  as  the  happy  years  so  quickly  fled,  I,  too, 
must  hasten  in  their  review. 

While  very  young,  I  was  married  to  the  man  of  my  choice,  and  though 
as  time  went  by  I  was  both  wife  and  mother,  still  I  knew  no  care,  for  my 
mother,  knowing  how  incompetent  I  was  to  take  charge  of  a  house,  and  my 


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6        .  AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

husband  (well  pleased  at  ray  freedom  from  care),  arranged  that  we  should 
board  at  my  father's.  And  so  the  happy  hours  flew  by,  until  the  loss  of  my 
husband  enveloped  me  in  such  a  cloud  of  darkness  and  despair,  that,  nearly 
bereft  of  reason,  I  was  considered  incapable  of  giving  necessary  attention 
to  my  two  babies  (the  eldest  not  being  two  years  old).  In  looking  back 
to  those  dark  days  life  for  many  months  seemed  only  a  blank;  but  God 
is  good,  making  youth  elastic,  and  time  a  restorer.  Again  I  married,  and 
shortly  afterward  we  moved  to  Canada,  where  Mr.  Balch,  my  husband's 
father,  lived.  I  will  not  dwell  on  this  time  of  my  life,  only  to  saj^  I  there 
began  to  learn  what  life  really  was  in  its  labors  and  responsibilities.  I  had 
never  before  known  the  real  value  of  money,  in  fact  I  had  almost  everything 
to  learn,  but  the  many,  and  sometimes  bitter,  lessons  were  as  nothing  when 
compared  to  the  terrible  home-sickness  I  experienced  at  the  separation  from 
home  and  friends,  and  to  attempt  a  description  of  my  feelings  at  that  time 
would  prove  fruitless,  except  in  one  definite,  ever-present  thought,  which 
amounted  to  a  longing  for  that  religion  of  which  I  had  heard  so  many  speak, 
but  of  which  I  had  no  personal  knowledge.  My  prayer  was,  "Father  in 
heaven,  what  must  I  do  to  be  saved?  I  believe  in  Christ  as  my  Savior,  and 
I  pray  that  Thou  wilt  give  me  the  evidence  of  sins  forgiven."  But, though 
I  prayed  most  fervently,  I  never  could  feel  the  assurance  of  acceptance,  so 
I  thought  I  had  only  to  wait,  and  in  His  own  good  time  He  would  send 
the  same  evidence  to  my  waiting  spirit  that  others  had  spoken  of  receiving. 
Thus  I  waited  and  prayed,  and  my  prayers  were  not  in  vain,  for  He  spared 
me  until,  led  by  His  providence,  I  heard  and  understood  the  truth  as  taught 
in  His  Holy  Word,  that  the  evidence  of  sins  forgiven  was  in  His  promise, 
and  not  in  our  feelings.  In  other  words,  we  know  that  when  we  come  to 
Him  in  His  own  appointed  way  He  will  accept  of  us  and  forgive  all  our  sins, 
because  He  has  promised  to  do  so;  and  when  we  do  what  He  requires  of  us, 
we  know  He  will  fulfill  His  promise  in  our  behalf.  Our  Savior  gave  Peter 
the  keys  of  the  kingdom,  and  one  of  those  keys  Peter  used  on  the  da}^  of 
Pentecost,  when,  "speaking  as  the  Spirit  gave  him  utterance,"  he  named  the 
conditions  which  should  open  the  door  of  Christ's  kingdom  to  the  Jewish 
people.     When  he  had  preached  Christ  to  them  they  believed,  for  we  read 


AUTOBIOGRAPHY.  7 

that  they  were  pricked  in  their  heart,  and  cried  out  unto  Peter  and  the  rest 
of  the  Apostles,  "Men  and  brethren,  what  shall  we  do?  Then  Peter  said  unto 
them.  Repent  and  be  baptized,  every  one  of  you,  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ 
for  the  remission  of  sins,  and  ye  shall  receive  the  gift  of  the  Holy  Ohost. 
For  the  promise  is  unto  you  and  to  your  children  and  to  all  that  are  afar 
off,  even  as  many  as  the  Lord  our  God  shall  call.  And  with  many  other 
words  did  he  testify  and  exhort,  saying,  Save  yourselves  from  this  untoward 
generation.  Then  they  that  gladly  received  His  word  were  baptized,  and 
the  same  day  there  were  added  unto  them  about  three  thousand  souls. 
And  they  continued  steadfastly  in  the  Apostles'  doctrine  and  fellowship 
and  in  breaking  of  bread  and  in  prayers."  This  we  find  recorded  in  the  2d 
chapter  of  Acts,  from  the  first  verse  to  the  42d,  inclusive. 

The  10th  chapter  of  Acts  shows  us  that  Peter  was  afterwards  called  upon 
to  use  the  same  key  (conditions)  which  should  admit  the  Gentile  world,  as 
up  to  this  date  the  door  of  Christ's  kingdom  had  been  closed  to  them.  Thus 
the  people  spoken  of  by  Peter  as  "  afar  off,"  upon  the  same  conditions 
which  the  Jews  in  the  beginning  received,  were  permitted  to  enter  the  king- 
dom of  Christ.  Reading  the  above-named  chapter  carefully  leaves  no  room 
for  doubt  concerning  this  conclusion.  And  as  the  Pentecostians  and  Cor- 
nelius gladly  received  the  Word  and  were  baptized,  even  so  did  I,  rejoicing 
in  the  blessed  privilege  thus  given,  immediately  enter  Christ's  kingdom, 
returning  to  my  home  with  an  evidence  of  sins  forgiven  which  can  never 
be  gainsaid,  for  it  rests  upon  His  blessed  promise;  and  from  that  date  to  the 
present,  although  I  have  often  had  occasion  to  doubt  myself,  I  have  never 
doubted  His  Holy  Word,  for  the  promises  are  '-yea  and  amen  in  Christ  Jesus 
our  Lord."  For  over  fifty  j'ears  I  have  known  that  He  never  disappoints 
those  who  put  their  trust  in  Him.  Though  our  best  efforts  are  imperfect.  He 
graciously  looks  upon  us  in  the  face  of  His  anointed  and  sees  Christ  as  our 
righteousness;  and  thus  in  His  strength  we  are  encouraged  to  strive  on, 
until,  by  adding  to  our  faith  courage,  knowledge,  temperance,  patience, 
godliness,  brotherly  kindness  and  charity,  we  may  at  the  last  obtain  an 
abundant  entrance  into  the  everlasting  kingdom  of  our  Lord  and  Savior, 
Jesus   Christ.     Thus,  according  to  Peter — second  epistle,  from  verse  and 


8  AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

chapter  1st  to  verse  lltb,  inclusive — we  are  shown  how  the  second  key 
opens  the  everlasting  door  through  added  conditions  of  the  Gospel.  Our 
Savior  said:  "Unto  thee  will  I  give  the  keys  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven "^ 
(Matt.  16:19),  and  since  one  key  only  is  required  to  open  one  door,  we  are 
forced  to  the  conclusion  that  faith,  repentance  and  baptism  unlocked  the 
door  of  His  kingdom  on  earth,  and  the  additions  to  our  faith,  already  quoted, 
unlocked  the  door  which  opens  to  us  beyond  death's  portals.  I  am  so 
grateful  to  our  Father  in  heaven  that  a  subject  of  such  vital  importance  to 
us  has  not  been  left  obscure  or  uncertain,  but  that  the  Bible  is  full  of  loving, 
plain  but  positive,  assurance  in  all  that  pertains  to  our  salvation,  both  as  to 
what  has  been  done  for  us  and  in  what  is  required  of  us.  1  have  dwelt 
upon  this  event  of  my  life,  because  out  of  it  has  grown  my  greatest  happi- 
ness, for  "godliness  is  profitable  unto  all  things  having  the  promise  of  the 
life  that  now  is  and  that  which  is  to  come."  My  happiness  was  increased 
by  returning  from  Canada  to  my  childhood's  home  in  New  York  State, 
where  we  remained  a  few  years,  living  in  one  of  my  father's  houses;  then 
once  more  I  left  my  native  home,  never  again  to  return  except  to  visit,  but 
I  was  older,  more  useful  and  much  happier  during  the  years  that  followed, 
until  another  great  change  came  into  my  life. 

The  last  move  to  which  I  have  alluded  was  made  to  a  place  called 
Royal  Oak — in  Michigan — twelve  miles  from  Detroit.  At  that  time  they 
were  laying  the  first  car  track  from  that  city  to  the  little  town  of  Royal  Oak, 
the  cars  to  be  drawn  by  horses,  and  the  road  for  a  time  to  terminate  at 
Royal  Oak.  As  there  was  other  work  connected  with  it,  a  gentleman 
who  had  charge  of  the  industry  spoke  to  my  husband  about  board- 
ing the  hands  at  work  for  him.  I  at  first  objected,  thinking  the  work- 
men would  probably  be  a  rougher  class  than  1  cared  to  have  my  children 
become  accustomed  to,  but  he  assured  us  there  should  be  no  profanity 
allowed;  so  all  one  winter  I  cooked  for  eighteen  men  without  assistance, 
and  baked  all  my  bread  in  a  tin  oven  and  bake  kettle.  Then  Mr.  Simonton, 
considering  me  competent,  solicited  us  to  take  the  Railroad  Exchange,  which 
he  owned,  and  wished  us  to  board  himself  and  family.  We  took  the  hotel, 
and  during  the  time  we  occupied  it  occurred  the  political  campaign  in  which 


AUTOBIOGRAPHY.  9 

"Tippecanoe  and  Tyler,  too,"  was  sun^  and  echoed  from  early  dawn  to 
dewy  eve,  and  when  they  were  expected  to  pass  through  Royal  Oak  with 
their  long  processions  of  wagons,  log  cabins,  etc.,  it  occurred  to  me  that 
they  would  sing  and  shout  themselves  hungry,  and  that  extensive  prepara- 
tions for  a  dinner  would  prove  agreeable  to  some  of  the  crowd  and  profit- 
able to  ourselves.  But  the  proprietor's  wife,  my  husband  and  others  discour- 
aged the  effort,  thinking  the  crowd  would  provide  themselves  with  food, 
which  doubtless  many  of  them  did,  but  I,  still  thinking  it  best,  unaided  and 
without  encouragement,  prepared  a  dinner  for  over  sixty  people,  and  at  the 
dinner  hour  there  came  such  a  rush  that  the  only  pity  was  preparation  ha(< 
not  been  made  for  a  hundred  instead.  So  it  was  unanimously  conceded  a 
good  thing  that  I  followed  the  dictates  of  my  own  judgment  in  the  matter, 
I  have  mentioned  these  things  particularly  that  you  may  understand  it  was 
not  an  idle  boast  when  I  said  I  had  grown  more  competent  as  well  as  older, 
and  I  am  sure  you  will  excuse  the  seeming  appearance  of  egotism  in  these 
reminiscences  when  you  are  reminded  that  I  am  over  eighty -three  3^ears  old. 


"I  am  old,  so  old  that  childhood  days  seem 

In  the  shadowy  past  but  a  mystical  dream; 
They  are  fading  away,  yet  each  year  of  the  past 

I  love  to  live  o'er,  and  shall  cling  to  the  last 
To  my  few  treasured  relics,  my  few  withered  flowers, 

That  tell  of  the  wealth  of  those  sunnier  hours. 
Oh  to  live  eighty  years,  eighty  long  fitful  years! 

Yet  their  smiles  and  their  joj's,  their  griefs  and  their  fears 
Are  gone  as  the  clouds  that  are  hurrying  by 

To  dim  for  a  moment  the  fair  summer  sky. 
I  have  lived  a  long  life,  though  it  seems  a  brief  day — 

Four  score,  and  God's  mercy  still  brightens  my  way." 


But  to  resume.  After  the  lapse  of  a  few  more  years,  another  change 
seemed  advisable;  my  husband,  who  for  years  had  been  in  feeble  health,  was 
visibly    failing  with  great  rapidity.     Our  last  move  was  to  Detroit,  and 


10  AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

during  the  remainder  of  the  time  that  Mr.  Balch  lived  we  kept  boarders, 
and  in  this  way  contributed  to  the  support  of  our  family.  Again  I  was  left 
a  widow,  and  as  nursing  the  sick  offered  a  better  remuneration  than  any- 
tiiing  else  I  considered  myself  capable  of  doing,  I  decided  to  engage  in  it 
as  a  business,  and  as  a  homeopathic  nurse  1  took  my  first  lessons  of  Dr.  Ellis, 
of  Detroit.  I  should  perhaps  earlier  in  my  narrative  have  mentioned  the 
names  of  three  of  my  father's  brothers,  not  that  they  were  all  the  uncles  I 
had,  but  because,  although  our  paths  diverged  for  years,  they  again  met  and 
crossed,  which  necessarily  connects  them  with  this  life  story  as  it  proceeds. 
There  were  Uncles  John,  Elijah  and  Cyrus  K.  Anderson,  who  in  my  early 
home  had  often  constituted  a  part  of  our  family,  and  as  a  matter  of  course 
I  was  ver3'  much  attached  to  them.  Uncle  Cyrus,  the  youngest  of  all  my 
father's  brothers,  was  a  man  of  more  than  ordinary  ability  and  attainments. 
While  young,  he  had  chosen  a  collegiate  course  rather  than  the  "of  age  pat- 
rimony" which  his  elder  brothers  had  received,  and  he  fortunately  obtained 
both.  He  married  a  daughter  of  Judge  Clois  (a  man  of  some  note  in  the 
East),  and  afterward  moved  to  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  where  for  several  successive 
years  he  filled  offices  of  trust,  was  County  Clerk,  Treasurer,  etc.  And  it 
speaks  well  for  his  private  life  that  after  the  death  of  liis  first  wife,  in  due 
course  of  time,  he  married  another  of  the  Judge's  daugliters.  They  were 
both  lovely  women,  and  well  do  I  remember  the  happy  hours  spent  with 
them  at  our  house  (their  country  home)  and  at  theirs  (our  city  home).  But, 
in  the  later  years  of  which  I  am  writing,  he  had  moved  to  Chicago  (the 
Garden  Cit_y  of  the  West,  as  it  was  then  called),  and  was  living  with  his 
third  wife,  whose  maiden  name  was  Harriet  Wilbur,  and  she,  too,  was  a  beau- 
tiful woman.  My  Uncles  John  and  Elijah,  with  their  wives — women  of 
blessed  memory  to  me — were  also  living  here.  Uncle  John  having  bought  a 
farm  about  eight  miles  from  the  court  house,  and  Uncles  Cyrus  and  Elijah 
occupied  a  house  together  in  the  city.  I  have  been  thus  minute  in  describ- 
ing, as  even  their  places  of  residence  had  a  part  in  shaping  this  humble  life 
history.  But  I  am  anticipating.  Uncle  Cyrus  invited  me  to  spend  the 
winter  with  him  in  Chicago,  thinking,  I  suppose,  that  it  would  afford  me  rest 
and  recreation  and  might  in  other  respects  prove  a  benefit.     I  accepted  his 


AUTOBIOGRAPHY.        ,  11 

kind  invitation,  and,  after  making  arrangements  for  my  older  children  to 
remain  in  Detroit  for  the  winter,  I  took  my  two-year  old  baby  boy  and 
turned  m^-  face  Westward.  So  in  the  autumn  of  1846  I  first  looked  upon  Chi- 
cago, then  but  a  babe  as  compared  with  its  present  dimensions,  though  still 
a  very  promising  infant,  as  time  has  verified.  Arriving  at  my  uncle's  house 
with  m}^  little  boy  is  but  the  beginning  of  new  experiences  of  my  life 
history. 


CHAPTER  SECOND. 


I  JPON  arriving,  I  was  warmly  welcomed  by  my  relatives,  but  after  a  time 
I  realized  that  it  could  not  always  be  convenient  to  have  one  visitor 
who  all  the  time  occupied  the  guest-chamber.  And  though  Uncle  Cyrus 
would  have  taken  the  whole  house,  I  would  not  for  a  moment  allow  Uncle 
Elijah  and  Aunt  Matilda  to  be  thus  inconvenienced  by  moving  at  that 
time  of  the  year;  so  I  made  it  unnecessary  by  accepting  a  situation  at  Dr. 
Shipman's  to  wean  little  Kittle,  their  first  child.  (I  have  since  nursed  her 
with  two  of  her  own  little  ones,  also  her  sister  Helen  with  one.)  I  learned 
their  need  of  some  one  through  a  gentleman  who  was  acquainted  with  Dr. 
Shipman,  and  staying  at  mj^  uncle's  between  opportunities  for  nursing  was 
much  more  satisfactory  to  me.  And  this  was  the  way  I  first  became 
acquainted  with  Dr.  Shipman  and  his  wife,  who  at  that  time  were  boarding 
witli  a  private  family.  But  about  a  week  after  I  went  there,  they  changed 
to  the  Tremont  House,  and  I  was  afterward  with  them  when  boarding  at 
the  Sherman  House,  and  finally  went  with  them  when  they  moved  to  the 
Nortli  Side,  that  being  the  first  the}'  had  kept  house  in  the  city.  After  this,  I 
nursed  under  Dr.  Shipman's  practice  for  about  seven  years,  and  then  I 
was  mari;ied  to  Mr.  Dickey,  of  Amanda,  Ohio,  and  for  some  years  follow- 
ing was  absent  from  Chicago.  Of  the  years  spent  in  Ohio  I  will  not  now 
speak,  as  I  wish,  if  permitted,  in  the  future  to  publish  that  part  of  ray  life 
by  itself,  as  it  contains  subject  matter   more   than   sufficient  to  fill  a  book. 


12  AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

After  my  return  to  Chicago,  I  again  nursed  the  sick,  under  Dr.  Shipman's 
practice  principally^  so  mj-  opportunities  for  becoming  very  well  acquainted 
with  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Shipman  were  not  limited.  And  I  may  be  allowed  to 
say  right  here  that  I  as  much  believe  Dr.  Shipman  was  appointed  to  carry 
out  this  faith  work  in  behalf  of  the  poor  little  outcasts  of  this  city,  as  I 
believe  that  Moses  was"  raised  up  "  to  lead  the  children  of  Israel  out  of 
Egyptian  captivity;  not  through  miraculous  endowment,  but  by  virtue  of 
his  birth  and  education,  being,  as  he  was,  the  son  of  a  ver^'  religious  and 
exceptionally  benevolent  father.  Mr.  Cleaver,  of  Cleaverville,  told  me 
shortly  after  Dr.  Shipman  founded  the  home  that  he  presumed  there  was 
not  another  man  in  the  city  of  Chicago  who  could  so  entirely  command  the 
confidence  of  the  people  as  did  Dr.  Shipman.  "  For,"  said  he,  "I  know  of 
more  than  a  hundred  families  that  the  Doctor,  in  addition  to  the  medical 
treatment  given,  has  helped  to  furnish  with  necessary  supplies  to  tide  them 
over  their  time  of  destitution."  And  I  know  that  the  Doctor  with  his  fam- 
ily always  kept  what  was  called  "  the  Lord's  bank  "  in  his  house,  although 
he  had  a  large  familj-  of  his  own.  In  looking  back  to  my  first  winter  in 
Chicago,  I  am  led  to  recount  the  mercies  of  Him  who  by  His  hand  was  then  as 
now  leading  me,  for  whenever  circumstances  seemed  to  close  one  door  against 
me  m}'  way  was  being  opened  in  another  direction,  in  manifestations  which 
could  not  admit  of  doubt.  During  the  winter,  I  made  arrangements  to  stay 
with  a  family  where  I  could  keep  my  little  boy  with  me,  expecting  to 
remain  until  spring,  but  a  requirement  entirel3'  unforeseen  aroused  my  dig- 
nit}^,  and  I  decided  to  leave.  Still  I  felt  troubled,  as  I  respected  them  very 
highly.  Under  these  circumstances,  imagine  ray  surprise  and  gratitude 
when  the  following  morning  my  Uncle  John  came  to  the  city  for  the  express 
purpose  of  taking  me  home  with  him,  because  while  I  was  grieving,  Uncle 
John  dreamed  that  he  pulled  me  out  of  the  fire,  and  at  four  in  the  morning 
he  said,  "  L3'dia,  get  me  some  breakfast,  so  I  can  go  and  get  Laura,  for  she 
is  in  trouble."  I  gladly  returned  with  him,  and  wlien,  after  a  time,  I  again 
engaged  in  nursing,  Uncle  John  and  Aunt  Lydia  kept  my  little  boy.  So 
between  the  rest  of  mind  afforded  by  the  good  care  given  my  child  and  the 
intervals  between  work  pleasantly  spent  with  all  the  uncles'   families,  the 


AUTOBIOGRAPHY.  13 

winter  was  soon  gone,  and  with  the  opening  spring  my  children  came.  I  still 
continued  nursing  however,  and  during  those  years  I  took  care  of  Mrs.  Ship- 
man  twice,  also  two  of  William  B.  Ogden's  sisters,  Mrs.  Sheldon  and  Mrs. 
Jones,  Mrs.  Mahlon  Ogden,  Mrs.  Cleaver  and  others  who  are  remembered  with 
pleasure.  I  feel  very  proud  of  many  now  grown  into  young  manhood  and 
womanhood  upon  whom  I  bestowed  first  care  in  the  capacity  of  nurse.  I 
took  care  of  Mrs.  George  R.  Davis  when  little  Bennie  Davis  came  as  a  New 
Year's  gift.  He  is  now  a  promising  young  man, engaged  in  studying  law. 
And  Bennie  Grout,  whose  life  I  was  permitted  to  save,  will  soon  graduate 
as  a  physician  and  surgeon,  so  you  will  admit  that  I  have  good  reason  to  be 
proud  of  my  Bennies.  In  reviewing  the  past,  I  feel  assured  that  I  was 
made  an  instrument  in  the  hands  of  God  of  doing  good  to  others  as  well 
as  maintaining  myself.  I  will  now  give  one  more  incident,  as  connected 
with  my  nursing  days,  before  closing  this  chapter.  I  took  care  of  a  young 
man  by  the  name  of  Charles  Clark.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Poughkeepsie 
League,  a  school  where  one  hundred  and  twenty  men  had  bound  themselves 
together  to  care  for  one  another  in  time  of  need.  Charley's  was  the  first 
case  of  sickness,  and  a  serious  case  it  was  to  them  all.  Dr.  Bebee,  the  great 
surgeon,  amputated  his  leg  twice,  and  for  a  time  his  life  hung  in  the  balance, 
but  after  five  weeks,  at  great  expense  and  with  the  best  of  care,  he  recovered 
sufficiently  to  be  taken  home.  The  league  then  paid  me  $50  for  my  serv- 
ices, and  I,  knowing  what  great  expense  they  had  incurred,  thought  the 
league  should  be  commended  for  their  good  work,  and  wrote — 

Men  may  say  what  they  will  do — 

Words  of  loving  kindness  too 

Are  very  good; 

But  actual  deeds 

Done  by  the  league, 

Are  better  understood. 

Such  deeds  must  tell — 

Must  bind  Satan  in  his  cell. 

To  Christ  our  Lord  we  give  all  praise 

That  men  bind  Satan  in  these  days. 

Hail  glorious  morn,  millennial  day, 


14  AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

We  shall  bind  Satan  in  this  way! 

All  monarchies  the  earth  around, 

By  men  and  means  they  must  be  bound. 

And  we  will  pray 

That  Christ  our  Lord  hasten  the  day 

That  Satan  is  bound  a  thousand  years 

And  Christ  will  dry  the  nation's  tears. 

Deeds  of  kindness,  words  of  love, 

Are  like  dew-drops  from  above. 

Then  I  inclosed  $5,  adding — 

Most  noble  league, 

My  mite  I  freely  give  to  thee 

As  my  initiating  fee. 

For  as  this  league  is  like  no  other, 

I  thought,  perhaps,  it  needs  a  mother. 

Mr.  Dudley,  President  of  the  league,  replied  as  follows: 
Dear  Mother: — Good  woman  that  thou  art,  ma}'  God  ever  protect 
and  bless  you  in  your  good  work.  Allow  me  at  this  my  first  opportunity 
to  express  to  you  the  heartfelt  thanks  of  each  and  every  member  of  the  E. 
N.  B.  C.  League  for  your  ever  kind  and  watchful  attention  manifested  in  behalf 
of  our  dear  brother,  Charles  Clark,  during  the  sad  hours  of  his  affliction, 
and  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  $5  liberally  donated  by  you  for  his  relief. 
God  speed  you  in  the  right  is  the  wish  of  your  friend  as  well  as  son, 

A.  W.  Dudley, 
President  of  the  E.  N.  B.  C.  League, 

Chicago,  111. 

And  I  was  also  told  that  the  league  unanimously  accepted  my  offer  of 
becoming  their  mother,  and  so  I  became  the  mother  of  one  hundred  and 
twenty  sons  in  a  day.  Not  a  common  experience,  I  think  you  will  admit.  It 
was  thirty  years  since  this  letter  was  written  to  the  league,  and  I  there 
expressed  the  way  in  which  I  believed  Satan  was  to  be  bound,  and  will 
add  a  later  expression  of  my  views  as  given  in  a  letter  to  my  daughter  short- 
ly after  the  Prophetic  Convention  at  Farwell  Hall,  which  I  had  attended. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHY.  15 

THE  WOMAN'S  VIEWS  ABOUT  THE  RETURN  OF  THE  JEWS  AT 
THE  PERIOD  WHEN    DANIEL'S  SAINTS    POSSESS   THE 

KINGDOM. 

Chicago,  Nov.  22,  1886. 

Dear  Julia: — I  went  every  day  last  week  to  the  prophetic  meeting  to 
hear  about  the  wonder-working  God  among  the  destinies  of  men  and  nations, 
and  I  must  say  God  has  wonderful  men  to  defend  His  cause.  Such  har- 
mony of  spirit  prevailed  through  the  whole  session  as  was  pleasant  to 
witness. 

Although  they  differed  in  thought  as  to  how  it  was,  yet  on  the  ques- 
tion of  tlie  second  coming  of  Christ  at  the  millennium  they  are  a  unit.  They 
think  at  Christ's  appearing  will  be  a  first  i-esurrection  and  the  conversion 
of  the  Jews.  From  what  they  teach  of  pre-millennials  and  post-millenuials,  I 
discover  that  I  don't  believe  like  either  one  of  them,  all  my  knowledge  being 
derived  from  the  Bible  and  a  book  called  "  The  Vision  of  the  Ages."  Every 
person  can  read  their  millennial  views  in  their  works,  so  I  have  only  to 
state  my  views. 

I  believe  with  these  men  in  the  signs  of  the  times,  and  that  we  are 
very  near  the  end  of  this  age  of  time,  and  that  great  events  are  at  the  door. 
I  believe  in  the  great  tribulation,  but  I  look  at  it  different  from  their  idea. 
I  think,  in  God's  controversy  with  the  nations.  His  battle  will  be  with 
the  anti-Christ  host  that  wants  to  take  the  earth.  This  will  be  a  literal  bat- 
tle of  the  wicked  one  against  the  Messianic  nations.  Jesus  is  represented 
in  the  nineteenth  chapter  of  Revelation  as  being  in  front  of  the  battle,  hav- 
ing on  His  vesture  and  on  His  thigh  a  name  written.  King  of  Kings,  and 
Lord  of  Lords,  and  His  name  is  called  the  Word  of  God. 

The  Messianic  nations  hold  up  the  Word  of  God  to  the  people;  the 
anti-Christ  will  do  all  they  can  to  hide  the  Word  and  keep  the  people  in 
ignorance.  Jesus,  the  Word,  is  represented  in  front,  and  will  overcome 
the  wicked  host  that  purposes  to  possess  the  earth.  Daniel  says  in  the  seventh 
chapter,  "  And  the  kingdom  and  dominion,  and    the  greatness  of  the  king- 


16  AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

dora  under  the  whole  heavens,  shall  be  given  to  the  people  of  the  saints  of 
the  Most  High."  Jesus  will  not  leave  the  mediatorial  throne  till  He  comes 
to  the  judgment.  The  Jews  will  gather  in  Jerusalem,  and  will  tarry  till 
Jesus  comes  to  the  judgment,  a  Jewish  nation.  They  are  one  of  the  wit- 
nesses; they  witness  for  the  Old  Testament — the  Christians  for  the  New 
Testament.  Jesus,  the  Word,  God  with  us,  will  rule  till  the  heathen  are  His 
possession,  through  Daniel's  saints;  this  will  harmonize  with  the  Word, 
"  The  first  will  be  last,  and  the  last  first;"  the  Jews,  being  first,  rejected  Christ; 
the  Gentiles  accepted  Christ,  causing  them  to  be  first.  Daniel's  saints,  with 
the  Messianic  nations,  will  rule  the  Christ-kingdom  politically,  and  Christ 
the  Lord  will  be  the  governor  of  the  earth  through  His  word.  At  that 
period,  with  the  power  of  the  beast  and  the  false  prophet  destroyed,  and 
the  dragon  bound,  there  is  nothing  in  the  way  of  the  Gospel  of  the  king- 
dom. The  laws  of  the  kingdom  will  protect  the  Jews  in  their  rights  as 
Jews.  They  can  receive  the  Gospel  or  remain  under  their  own  law.  God 
gives  them  the  gift,  as  Paul  hints,  without  repentance;  but  He  will  not  let 
them  worship  idols  any  more.  God  says  by  the  mouths  of  the  prophets, 
"  Ye  are  my  witness."  We  are  the  two  witnesses,  the  Jews  and  the  Chris- 
tians. The  "  Vision  of  the  Ages  "  teaches  that  the  nations  which  believe 
in  Christ  will  politically  govern  the  earth. 

The  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  a  few  years  ago  had  a  national 
convention  in  Chicago,  the  object  being  to  get  the  name  of  God  in  the  con- 
stitution. Our  nation  took  no  notice  of  the  call.  One  of  the  speakers  said, 
"  Brethren,  we  have  failed;  but  I  will  tell  j'ou  what  is  the  matter;  this  was 
our  time  to  put  the  name  of  God  in  the  constitution;  when  God's  time 
comes  to  have  His  name  in  the  constitution,  it  will  go  in."  One  woman  in 
that  small  assembly  of  about  sixty  people  m  Farwell  Hall,  said,  "  Glory  to 
God!"  A  gentleman  at  the  close  of  the  meeting  grasped  her  hand  and  said, 
"  I  want  to  shake  hands  with  you  for  responding  at  such  an  appropriate 
moment."  The  woman  knew  then  what  she  knows  now,  that  in  the  new  order 
of  coming  events  Jesus  would  govern  the  earth  through  His  word,  b\^  His 
saints,  or,  in  other  words,  through  the  Messianic  nations.  How  appropriate 
that  the  Christian  Association   has  their  part  of  the  work  ready,  namely — 


AUTOBIOGRAPHY.  17 

to  put  the  name  in  when  God's  time  comes!     We  see  now  why  God's  name 
has  not  been  in  these  human  governments. 

After  the  battle  of  tlie  Almighty  God,  the  Bible  nations,  with  the 
Word  of  God  as  their  guide,  will  rule  the  whole  earth. 

When  Christ  was  on  earth,  the  people  said  to  Him  that  Elias  was  first 
to  come;  and  He  answered  that  John  was  Elias,  if  they  could  bear  it,  mean- 
ing that  they  had  a  oneness  of  spirit.  The  resurrection  of  the  martyrs  is 
spoken  of,  and  they  are  to  live  and  reign  with  Christ  a  thousand  years.  The 
*'  Vision  of  the  Ages  "  teaches  that  like  spirits  with  the  martyrs  will  give 
their  life  unto  death  for  the  liberty  of  the  Gospel. 

One  thing  remember,  the  Jews  don't  reject  God.  They  are  believers 
in  God,  They  are  very  useful  to  Christians  as  monumental  witnesses.  At 
the  time  Daniel's  saints  possess  the  Kingdom,  we  have  reason  to  think  by 
the  Scriptures  that  the  Jews  will  be  returned  to  their  own  land,  and  their 
return  honors  God's  promise,  and  shows  the  nations  that  He  is  a  covenant- 
keeping  God.  He  said  He  would  scatter  them,  and  He  said  He  would 
return  them  to  their  old  estates,  better  than  at  the  beginning.  In  reading 
Ezekiel,  observe  the  Inst  verse — the  Lord  is  there.  The  Lord  protects  them 
when  the  government  of  the  whole  earth  rests  upon  His  shoulders.  The 
only  way  left  for  us  to  do  is  to  accept  it  as  it  reads,  and  it  plainly  reads 
that  after  the  Jews  return  they  worship  according  to  the  law  in  their  temple. 
Read  Ezekiel  43rd,  44th  and  46th  chapters,  where  the  Prince  is  not  allowed 
to  enter  the  east  gate.  Read  the  thirty-fifth  chapter  and  verse  where  it  says, 
*'  because  thou  hast  said  these  two  nations  and  these  two  countries  shall  be 
mine."  I  understand  that  these  enemies  of  Christ  say  these  Jews  and  these 
Christian  dogs  shall  not  possess  the  earth,  but  Christ  the  Word  has  promised 
to  have  dominion  over  the  whole  earth,  and  no  one  can  doubt  His  protec- 
tion and  deliverance  to  His  two  witnesses.  Everything  said  in  Ezekiel 
represents  Jewish  worship  at  that  period  as  sanctioned  by  the  Holy  Spirit 
of  promise.  They  have  served  their  full  time  in  being  a  scattered  people, 
and  God  will  show  them,  though  they  reject  Him,  that  He  will  cause  them 
to  be  protected  by  the  people  that  accepted  Him;  for  it  is  the  Christ-people 
that  will  have  the  rule   under  the  whole   heavens.     Thus  they  will  be  pro- 


18  AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

tected  in  the  political  government  of  God  down  through  the  thousand 
years,  and  in  a  body  be  allowed  to  govern  themselves  under  the  govern- 
ment of  Christ;  but  the  saints  will  have  the  political  reign,  and  will  rule 
the  earth  with  a  rod  of  iron,  which  indicates  great  power. 

Some  people  have  fallen  into  line  to  believe  that  Christ  cannot  fight 
our  battles  unless  He  comes  in  person;  but  we  cannot  limit  the  power  of 
God.  He  came  to  earth  to  redeem  it  from  bad  government,  and  thus  help 
man  to  be  free  to  accept  or  reject  His  counsels;  and  while  some  say  the 
earth  is  growing  worse,  I  claim  it  is  growing  better;  when  we  compare  the 
present  with  the  past,  I  think  we  should  take  courage, as  this  is  the  last  bat- 
tle. Although  war  is  a  calamity,  ,>et  we  are  no  better  than  other  people 
who  have  had  to  defend  the  right  and  forward  the  cause  of  Christ  by 
overcoming  the  powers  that  be  by  the  evil  one,  the  enemy  to  all  right 
government. 

I  know  that  my  children  will  wish  me  to  explain  how  the  dragon  is  to 
be  bound  a  thousand  years.  Ezekiel  says,  when  this  host  comes  up  to  bat- 
tle that  only  one-sixth  part  goes  back  alive.  The  people  that  fought  for  the 
dragon  will  not  get  what  they  fought  for,  the  kingdom,  but  they  will  be 
overthrown,  the  horse  with  his  rider;  so  Satan  during  the  thousand  years 
has  no  one  to  fight  his  battles;  he  is  restrained,  or  bound  in  the  bottomless 
pit,  till  Christ's  bride,  the  church,  finishes  the  work  commenced  of  covering 
the  earth  with  the  knowledge  of  God  as  the  waters  cover  the  sea.  Christ 
has  kept  His  word;  His  dominion  is  an  everlasting  dominion.  God  cannot 
fail,  and  all  who  trust  in  Him  will  be  at  His  right  hand  in  the  judgment  day, 
when  He  comes  to  be  admired  of  His  saints  and  take  vengeance  on  them 
that  know  not  God  and  obey  not  His  Gospel.  O,  how  beautiful  is  the  plan 
of  salvation,  and  all  of  God's  goodness  to  the  whole  earth!  When  He  sent 
His  Son  to  us  the  whole  earth  politically  was  governed  by  the  evil  one,  and 
Christ  died  and  rose  again  to  establish  His  kingdom  in  the  hearts  of  men, 
bringing  in  the  new  covenant,  helping  men  to  redeem  the  earth  from  bad 
government. 

At  the  end  of  the  thousand  years,  when  all  the  earth  has  been  redeemed 
from  the  power  of  Satan  through  good  government,  and  every  people  and 


AUTOBIOGRAPHY.  19 

nation  have  been  taught  the  redeeming  love  of  Christ,  those  who  reject  the 
Lord  at  that  period  the  Lord  will  reject  at  His  second  coming;  then  is  said, 
"  Behold,  I  come  quickly,  and  my  reward  is  with  me;  he  that  is  unjust,  let 
him  be  unjust  still;  and  he  that  is  filthy,  let  him  be  filthy  still;  and  he  that  is 
righteous,  let  him  be  righteous  still;  and  he  that  is  holy,  let  him  be  holy 
still."  From  your  Mother, 

Mrs.  Laura  DicKEr. 
As  tiie  above  was  written  nearly  eleven  years  ago,  I  will  say  in  conclu- 
sion that  I  am  still  investigating  and  receiving  added  light  on  this  subject. 
That  I  believe  we  are  now  in  the  preparation  day,  and  that  the  men  and 
means  which  our  Heavenly  Father  is  employing  to  bind  Satan  will  be  found 
in  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  in  the  Temperance  reform,  in 
the  Labor  question,  in  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  in  the  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  Society,  as  all  these  represent  a  united  non-sectarian  effort, 
which  will,  we  believe,  eventuall}'^  merge  the  government  of  the  people  into 
more  direct  government  of  God,  thus  making  the  government  of  God  and 
the  government  of  the  people  identical.  And  if  Charles  A.  L.  Totten  is 
right  in  his  views  concerning  the  destiny  of  the  lost  tribes  of  Israel,  giving 
Ephraim  as  Engiand  and  Manassah  as  America,  then  Mrs.  Dickey  and  Prof. 
Totten  have  solved  the  Jewish  question. 


VIEWS  ON  THE  PROPHECIES. 


\^W^HEN  Jesus  came  to  His  earth,  the  Prince  of  the  power  of  the  air  was 
holding  jjossession  politically,  Satan  occupied  an  airy  foundation. 
When  Christ  came  He  set  up  His  kingdom  in  the  heart  of  man,  and  thus  He 
has  leavened  all  Christendom  with  Gospel  and  liberty,  and  the  promise  of 
God  is  through  Abraham  that  Israel  shall  inherit  the  earth.  Revelation 
xix  chapter,  10th  verse,  says:  "The  testimony  of  Jesus  is  the  spirit  of 
prophecy." 


20  AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

The  lOtli  chapter  of  Revelation  says:  "The  ten  witnesses  testified  in 
sackcloth  and  ashes  for  a  long  time." 

Revelation  xii  chapter,  13th  verse:  "And  when  the  dragon  saw  that  he 
was  cast  unto  the  earth,  he  persecuted  the  woman  which  brought  forth  the 
man-child." 

14th  veree:  "And  to  the  woman  were  given  two  wings  of  a  great  eagle, 
that  she  might  fl}'  into  the  wilderness,  into  her  place,  where  she  is  nourished 
for  a  time,  and  times,  and  half  a  time,  from  the  face  of  the  serpent." 

15th  verse:  "And  the  serpent  cast  out  of  his  mouth  water  as  a  flood  after 
the  woman,  that  he  might  cause  her  to  be  carried  away  of  the  flood." 

16th  verse:  "And  the  earth  helped  the  woman;  and  the  earth  opened 
her  mouth,  and  swallowed  up  the  flood  which  the  dragon  cast  out  of  his 
mouth." 

Remember,  the  woman,  Christ's  Church,  represents  those  that  fled  into 
the  wilderness — the  Puritans.  Also  remember,  Christ  gave  the  emblem, 
this  great  eagle,  to  AMERICA. 

Revelation  xvii  chapter,  15th  verse:  "And  hesaith  unto  me,  The  waters 
which  thou  sawest,  where  the  whore  sitteth,  are  peoples,  and  multitudes, 
and  nations,  and  tongues." 

This  represents  the  water  as  peoples,  and  multitudes,  and  nations,  and 
tongues,  that  were  and  are  sent  to  destroy  the  woman,  Christ's  Church. 
But  the  earth  helped  the  woman,  this  great  eagle  government,  and  kept  the 
serpent  from  destroying  the  woman. 

When  Christ  said  to  the  Disciples,  "A  little  leaven  leaveneth  the  whole 
lump,"  thus  He  leavened  His  Disciples  with  Gospel  and  liberty.  Ingersoll 
and  all  men  that  love  liberty  will  fight  for  this  earthly  government  just  as 
soon  as  any  Christian,  for  all  Christendom  was  leavened  with  liberty  at  the 
same  time  that  Christ  leavened  His  Disciples  with  the  Gospel. 

The  Captain  of  our  salvation  is  a  great  general,  and  has  put  all  men, 
small  and  great,  that  love  liberty  in  a  way  to  preserve  His  earth  from  the 
beast  and  the  false  prophet.  And  the  dragon  will  come  soon  to  make  war 
on  the  woman,  and  we  say,  "Lord,  come  quickly."  The  army  of  the  Lord 
is  getting  ready  to  fight  this  last  battle,  and  Christ,  through  His  army,  the 


AUTOBIOGRAPHY.  21 

people,  will  fight  the  dragon,   and    take    away    his   power  to  fight    us  any 
more. 

Emperor  William  says  in  his  speech:  "To  us  the  church  is  not  only  a 
memorial  of  the  Reformation,  but  a  serious  admonition,  and  an  expression 
of  divine  blessing  through  the  Protestant  church." 

The  confession  of  our  faith  that  we  make  to-day  in  the  presence  of 
God  binds  us  and  the  whole  of  Cliristendom.  Therein  lies  the  bond  of 
peace,  reaching  beyond  all  lines  of  division. 

In  the  matter  of  faith  there  is  no  compulsion.  Free  conviction  of  the 
heart  and  the  decisive  acknowledgment  thereof  is  a  blessed  fruit  of  the 
Reformation.  We  Protestants  make  feud  with  nobody  on  account  of  the 
belief,  but  we  hold  fast  our  faith  in  the  Gospel  unto  death. 

The  dedication  of  Martin  Luther's  church,  so  long  delayed,  the  Em- 
peror says  his  father  and  grandfather  longed  to  see  accomplished  in  their 
day,  and  their  posterity  have  succeeded  in  carrying  out  their  desires.  The 
Emperor  has  at  last  fearlessly  accomplished  their  wish.  I  believe  fear  of  the 
people  kept  this  dedication  from  being  accomplished  long  ago.  In  God's 
time  He  has  provided  the  valiant  Emperor  with  courage  and  power  to  carry 
out  the  wish  of  his  forefathers.  To  me  it  looks  significant  of  the  signs  of 
the  times,  as  much  as  to  say  to  the  dragon,  "  Come  on,  we  will  fight  to  the 
death  for  our  liberty." 

Eight  years  ago  I  wrote  "The  Woman's  Views  About  the  Return  of  the 
Jews."  I  then  said  Christ  would  not  leave  the  mediatorial  throne  to  setup 
a  kingdom,  for  He  had  set  up  His  kingdom  in  the  heart  of  man,  and  the 
seventh  part  of  time  belongs  to  Christ  and  His  people,  to  take  a  rest  in  the 
government  of  God. 

We  are  nearing  the  great  day  when  the  battle  of  God,  through  His  peo- 
ple, shall  fight  the  dragon,  so  Daniel's  saints  can  possess  the  earth;  then  the 
knowledge  of  God  shall  cover  the  earth  as  the  water  covers  the  sea.  At 
that  time  if  a  man  lives  a  hundred  years  and  is  a  sinner,  the  Lord  syas, 
"Let  him  be  accursed"  (means  second  death ).  He  has  been  given  time  to  learn 
which  is  better,  righteousness  or  sin,  bad  or  good  government. 


22  AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

This  battle  with  the  dragon  will  show  who  controls  the  earth  this  time, 
the  Lord  or  the  Devil.  According  to  the  Word  of  God,  the  dragon  will 
be  bound  and  the  people  on  God's  earth  will  enjoy  peace  and  righteousness 
in  the  government  of  God, 

Prof.  Totten  says  :  "We  are  some  of  the  lost  tribes  of  Israel.  Eng- 
land is  Ephraira  and  we  are  Manassah,  that  went  over  the  walls  when  our 
forefathers  fled  from  persecution  and  came  to  this  wilderness  to  worship 
God." 

I  am  thankful  that  I  am  privileged  to  live  so  near  the  seventh  part  of 
time.  If  God  spares  mj-  life  to  come  in  and  take  possession  of  the  inherit- 
ance promised  to  Israel,  the  whole  earth — if  I  can  live  to  see  the  government 
of  God  and  the  government  of  the  people  identical — I  will  be  thankful.  I  am 
thankful  now,  and  can  say  like  old  Simeon,  "I  am  ready  to  depart  in  peace; 
not  my  will  but  Thine  be  done." 

I  said  in  the  "Woman's  Views:"  "The  Jews  will  remain  in  a  body  as 
Jews  through  the  Millennium,  to  witness  for  the  Old  Testament." 

We  read  of  two  witnesses,  two  olive  bowls  of  oil,  two  olive  trees  and 
seven  golden  candlesticks.  We  learn  that  beauty  and  bands  shall  be  united 
as  one  stick. 

I  will  explain  howl  understand  the  two  witnesses.  The  Old  Testament 
is  one  witness,  and  the  New  Covenant,  called  the  New  Testament,  is  a  wit- 
ness; the  Jews  witness  with  the  Old  Covenant  and  the  Christians  with  the 
New  Covenant.  Thus  we  have  the  need  of  one  olive  bowl  of  oil  of  proph- 
ecy for  the  Old  Covenant  and  one  for  the  New  Covenant. 

The  two  olive  trees  witness  the  same;  these  two  witnesses  mean  two, 
and  remain  two  in  my  mind. 

I  consider  the  Jews  that  rejected  Christ  a  monumental  witness  for  the 
Old  Testament,  and  we  need  their  witness  to  prove  our  own  position  in  the 
New  Covenant. 

The  seven  golden  candlesticks  to  the  seven  churches  are  to  light  us 
through  the  seventh  part  of  time. 

Isaiah  Ivi,  10th  verse,  says:  "His  watchmen  ai-e  blind;  they  :ire  all  igno- 
rant, they  are  all  dumb  dogs,  they  cannot  bark; sleeping,  lying  down,  loving 


AUTOBIOGRAPHY.  23 

to  slumber.  Yea,  they  are  gieedy  dogs  which  can  never  have  enough,  and 
they  are  shepherds  that  cannot  understand;  they  all  look  to  Iheir  own  way, 
ever3'^  one  for  his  gain,  from  his  quarter." 

I  do  hope  Isaiali  did  not  mean  us;  if  I  could  only  think  that  he  meant 
the  Jews;  but  really,  I  am  afraid  he  meant  us,  too.  As  for  myself,  I  have 
been  doing  a  good  deal  of  barking,  and  if  I  have  said  anything  wrong  in 
explanation,  or  any  other  way,  I  will  be  glad  to  be  told  in  a  common-sense 
way  what  it  all  means. 

In  the  thirty-third  of  Ezekiel  we  find  the  duty  of  the  watchman.  No  man 
has  set  me  as  a  watchman,  but  I  am  watching  the  signs  of  the  times.  Over 
fort}^  3^ears  ago  I  was  reading  in  Daniel,  and  Daniel  said,  "The  wise  should 
understand."  I  said,  "Daniel,  I  don't  understand  a  word  you  say,  but  I  will 
try."  I  have  kept  my  promise;  I  have  tried  to  understand  by  reading  the 
Bible  and  other  books — "The  Messiahship,"  the  great  demonstration  written 
by  Walter  Scott,  Standard  office,  Cincinnati;  "The  Vision  of  the  Ages," 
Christian  Publishing  Company,  S.  T.  Lewis,  Manager.  Those  books  in  a 
measure  guided  me  to  think  and  study,  and  read  and  run.  And  now  God 
gives  us  a  man  who  is  writing  books  called  "The  Romance  of  History,"  and 
he  says  we  are  lost  Israel  found  in  ourselves.  I  am  glad  to  believe  we  are 
Israel,  because  Israel  is  to  inherit  the  earth.  You  will  notice  in  reading 
the  Prophets  that  Judah  and  Israel  are  separately  mentioned.  Jeremiah 
XXX :  3:  "For,  lo,  the  days  come,  that  I  will  bring  again  the  captivity  of  ray 
people  Israel  and  Judah,  saith  the  Lord."  In  the  fourth  verse,  "And  these 
are  the  words  concerning  Israel;"  twenty-fourth  verse,  "In  the  latter  days  ye 
shall  consider  it."  If  I  get  the  idea  right,  Israel  will  rule  in  the  Kingdom  of 
God  in  the  seventh  part  of  time,  and  Israel  will  protect  Judah  in  her  rights 
to  worship  God  as  she  understands;  and  Judah  shall  be  allowed  to  choose 
her  own  governor  from  her  own  people  to  govern  her  affairs,  but  the  Jews 
will  be  tributary  to  the  government  of  God  through  Israel. 

The  Lord  our  Righteousness  will  he  King  over  and  through  Israel  and 
will  rule  this  time,  and  Judah  accepts  Israel's  rule  and  the  righteous  govern- 
ment of  God  through  Israel.  According  to  promise,  Israel  shall  inherit  the 
earth.     I  solved  the  Jewish  question  five  years  previous  to  reading  Professor 


24  AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

Totten's  book.  A  Presbyterian  minister  said:  "Mrs.  Dickey,  if  you  have 
solved  the  Jewish  question,  you  have  done  more  than  any  man  has  done." 
I  replied,  "I  have  solved  it  to  my  satisfaction."  I  feel  greatly  indebted  to 
Professor  Totten,  for  I  could  not  see  why  Judah  and  Israel  were  separately 
mentioned  until  I  read  his  works. 

I  promised  to  explain  the  four  faces  in  the  first  chapter  of  Ezekiel  as  I 
understand  them.  The  face  of  a  man  represents  Christ.  Christ  came  as  a 
man.  and  represents  all  men.  Cornelius  said  to  Peter,  Acts  x:  "A  man  came 
to  him  in  bright  clothing."  The  face  of  the  lion  is  England.  The  face  of 
the  ox  represents  the  strength  of  Germany.  The  face  of  the  eagle  represents 
America.  And  when  Almighty  God  fights  with  the  dragon  to  get  control 
of  His  own  earth,  then  the  four  faces,  Christ,  England,  Germany  and  Amer- 
ica, will  ally  their  powers  to  fight  the  dragon;  and  when  the  dragon  gets 
whipped  he  is  bound.  Read  Zachariah  3d  chapter,  8th  verse:  "Hear  now,  O 
Joshua  the  high  priest,  thou  and  thy  fellows  that  sit  before  thee;  for  they 
are  men  wondered  at;  for,  behold,  I  will  bring  forth  my  servant  the 
BRANCH."  Read  9th  and  10th  verses  and  all  of  Zachariah,  and  open  your 
eyes  for  the  past  and  the  present,  and  you  will  learn  the  BRANCH,  as  I  un- 
derstand it,  means  Israel.  We  are  the  temple  of  God  made  without  hands. 
I  still  believe  the  Jews  will  build  a  temple  for  Jewish  worship.  The  reason 
I  believe  this  is  the  way  it  is  written  in  the  44th  and  46th  chapters  of  Ezekiel. 
I  think  they  will  witness  in  their  temple  for  the  Old  Testament  till  Christ 
comes  in  person,  when  Christ  will  destroy  the  last  enemy,  which  is  death. 
Christ  has  come  and  been  coming  with  spirit  and  power,  helping  His  people 
to  destroy  the  beast,  the  false  prophet,  and  is  coming  in  the  same  spirit  and 
power  to  overcome  the  dragon,  and  thus  He  will  help  His  Bride,  the  Church, 
to  gain  the  victory  and  claim  with  Christ  the  government  of  the  whole 
earth  in  the  name  of  the  King  of  Kings  and  Lord  of  Lords.  His  Bride  will 
occupy  till  He  comes  in  person.  II  Peter,  3d  chapter,  says:  "Tlie  earth  also 
and  the  works  that  are  therein  shall  be  burned  up."  The  dragon  represents 
the  Devil  and  he  is  the  last  enemy  that  Christ  will  destroy,  which  means 
death.  Death  is  swallowed  up  in  victory.  Thanks  be  to  God,  who  giveth 
us  the  victory  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ !     And  soon,  thank  God,  we 


AUTOBIOGRAPHY.  25 

will  sing  the  Song  of  Victory,  of  Moses  and  the  Lamb,  and  the  Songs  of  the 
Churcli.  The  Bride  will  resound  to  the  ends  of  the  earth;  Jesus  is  the  root 
and  offspring  of  David;  the  Bright  and  Morning  Star,  Christ,  will  go  forth 
with  His  nations  represented  as  a  man.  The  dragon  that  had  control  of 
the  earth  when  Christ  came  to  His  own  and  they  received  Him  not  is  cast 
down  and  bound.  Christ  said,  "1  come  to  send  the  sword,"  and  now  with 
tiie  Church,  His  Bride,  we  are  promised  a  rest. 

When  Eve  listened  to  the  serpent,  he  took  possession  of  her  heart. 
When  Christ  came,  He  leavened  the  heart  of  man  with  His  Word,  His  plan, 
and  thus  brought  good-will  to  man.  -  When  we  realize  that  woman  was  and 
is  the  mother  of  every  man  and  woman  that  was  and  is  born,  it  is  a  great 
thought.  She  was  also  the  mother  of  the  Son  of  God.  We  can  see  that 
what  the  woman  lost  in  Adam  she  gained  in  Christ.  Christ  has  bestowed 
great  honor  on  the  woman,  being  the  seed  of  the  woman.  Through  the  promise 
of  God  the  seed  of  the  woman  shall  bruise  the  serpent's  head.  I  don't  expect 
the  Lord  to  come  in  person  till  the  end  of  the  Millennium.  I  expect  He 
will  give  us  possession  of  the  earth  to  occupy  till  He  comes.  God  always 
has  a  man  when  He  needs  him  most,  and  through  a  man  He  has  raised  up 
one  to  let  us  know  who  we  are.  He  has  written  "The  Romance  of  History." 
God  reminds  us  of  His  promise  that  Israel  shall  inherit  the  earth.  Professor 
Totten  says  we  are  one  of  the  lost  tribes  of  Israel.  We  have  eyes  to  see  and 
ears  to  hear;  it  will  be  well  to  read  the  promises  of  God  and  notice  the  signs  of 
the  times,  and  awake  out  of  sleep,  lest  trouble  come  on  us  unawares.  We  shall 
need  preparation  lest  the  thief  come  and  find  us  not  ready  to  go  to  the 
Master,  and  hold  fast  our  faith,  come  what  will.  This  tribulation  that  is  at 
the  door  will  then  show  which  of  us  is  on  the  side  of  the  Lord.  O,  Lord, 
help  us  to  be  ready  with  oil  in  our  lamps,  to  go  in  unto  the  marriage  of  the 
Lamb.  I  am  aware  when  we  accept  Christ  in  faith  we  are  the  true  seed  of 
Israel.  Paul  says:  "I  have  espoused  you  to  one  husband,  that  I  may  present 
you  as  a  chaste  virgin  to  Christ."  Also  there  is  neither  male  nor  female  in 
Christ  Jesus.  We  are  all  baptized  in  the  same  name.  The  word  of  God  is 
spirit  and  is  truth.  I  believe  God's  word  is  His  promise  and  will  be  kept  by 
His  power  in   spirit  and  in  truth.     She  trul}'  is  a  foolish  virgin   that  does 


26  AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

not  prepare  to  meet  the  Bridegroom.  We  ought  to  rejoice  to  know  our 
faith  in  Christ  through  His  promise  to  Abraham  delivers  us  from  paganism 
and  unbelief.  O,  woman  !  be  glad  and  rejoice,  for  Christ  is  the  friend  of 
woman.  The  Lord  says:  "O  Israel,  thou  has  destroyed  thyself,  but  in  me  is 
thine  help.  I  will  be  thj'  king;  where  is  any  other  that  may  save  thee  in  all 
thy  cities?"  (Hoseaxiii,  9.)  Zachariah  xii,  5:  "And  the  governors  of  Judali 
shall  say  in  their  hearts.  The  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  shall  be  my  strength 
in  the  Lord  of  Hosts  their  God."  Seventh  verse:  "The  Lord  also  shall  save 
the  tents  of  Judah  first,  that  the  glory  of  the  house  of  David  and  the 
glory  of  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  do  not  magnify  themselves  against 
Judah." 

Read  all  of  the  ninth  chapter  of  Zachariah.  The  thirteenth  verse  says  : 
"When  I  have  bent  Judah  for  me,  filled  the  bow  with  Ephraim,and  raised  up 
thy  sons,  O  Zion,  against  thy  sons,  O  Greece,  and  made  thee  as  the  sword  of 
a  might}'  man."  Sixteenth  verse:  "And  the  Lord  their  God  shall  save  them 
in  that  day  as  the  flock  of  his  people."  It  would  be  well  if  all  the  people 
would  read  the  Word  of  God,  and,  as  Paul  said  to  Timothy,  learn  to  divide 
the  Word  of  truth  in  order  for  instruction  to  ourselves  and  others. 

The  twelfth  chapter  of  Revelation  says  the  dragon  made  war  on  the 
woman.  We  are  looking  for  him,  so  Christ's  prepared  people  can  bind 
him  and  despoil  him  of  his  power.  When  he  is  bound,  we  look  for  a  rest  in 
the  long-looked-for  period  in  the  government  of  God  through  His  people, 
the  government  of  God  and  the  government  of  Israel  to  inherit  the  earth 
according  to  promise.  The  government  of  God  in  the  new  order  of  things 
will  explain  why  we  still  pray  "Thy  kingdom  come.  Thy  will  be  done  on 
earth  as  it  is  in  Heaven."  There  will  be  no  more  monarchial  governments, 
such  as  we  now  have.  Christ  will  be  King  of  Kings  and  Lord  of  Lords;  and 
Daniel's  saints  through  Christ  shall  rule  the  earth  with  a  I'od  of  iron.  The 
revenue  in  the  government  of  God  won't  be  whiskey  revenue,  it  will  be 
peace  and  righteousness  through  our  amended  laws.  Jesus  promises  His 
people  a  rest  when  the  beast  and  false  prophets  are  destroyed  and  the 
dragon  bound.  Glory  to  God  in  the  Highest,  peace  on  earlh  and  good 
will  to  man  I 


AUTOBIOGRAPHY.  27 

NOTICE. 

One  thing  1  feel  sure  of:  When  Christ  and  His  Bride  take  control  of 
the  earth,  Israel  and  Judah  will  be  joined  into  one  stick  in  fight.  The 
covenant  was  broken  between  Beaut}'^  and  Bands  and  they  were  cut  asunder; 
but  they  will  be  bound  together  in  brotherhood  when  they  fight  the  Bear. 

Israel  bears  testimony  with  Christ  in  the  New  Covenant.  The  Jews 
will  continue  to  bear  testimony  under  the  Old  Covenant. 


NEW    COVENANT,     KINQDOH    OF  CHRIST 
ON    EARTH. 


THE    APOSTLES    AND    THIRD    PERSON    IN    THE    TRINITY. 


COR  fort}'  years  I  have  been  interested  in  the  Prophecies,  and  have  given 
much  thought  to  the  coming  of  our  Lord,  and  the  means  used  through 
the  Prophets  and  Apostles.  When  Christ  came  in  His  ministry  He  spoke  to 
all  the  people,  and  did  many  miracles  manifesting  the  power  of  God,  and 
chose  the  Apostles  to  be  His  witnesses,  so  the  new  covenant  could  be  written. 
Jeremiah  (xxxi:  31 )  speaks  of  a  new  covenant;  also  Hebrews,  viii:  8.  In  the 
seventeenth  chapter  of  St.  John,  in  order  to  get  the  meaning  of  Christ,  we 
should  see  who  He  is  talking  to,  and  see  His  purpose  in  teaching  them  by  His 
word;  and  His  power  that  He  does  all  these  things  in  their  presence,  to 
prepare  them  to  be  His  witnesses.  In  order  to  understand  we  should  read 
the  book  of  testimony  in  St.  John,  and  all  the  testimonies  in  the  four  Evan- 
gelists. Then  the  power  of  God,  manifested  through  Christ,  is  seen  to 
prepare  His  witnesses.  Then  we  perceive  Christ's  purpose,  when,  in  John 
xvii:  9,  10,  "  I  pray  for  them;  I  pray  not  for  the  world,  but  for  them  which 
thou  hast  given  me;  for  they  are  thine,  and  all  mine  are  thine,  and  thine  are 
mine,  and  I  am  glorified  in  them."  Eleventh  verse:  "Holy  Father,  keep 
through  thine  own  name  those  whom  thou  hast  given  me,  that  they  may  be 


28  AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

one,  as  we  are."  In  the  twenty-second  verse  Christ  pru^'s  for  His  chosen  wit- 
nesses that  they  be  one  "even  as  we  are  one."  This  oneness  of  spirit  is  mani- 
fested as  one  man.  Twentieth  verse,  same  chapter:  "  Neither  pray  I  for  these 
alone,  but  for  them  also  which  shall  believe  on  me  through  their  word."  This 
proves  the  object  of  calling  them  to  witness  through  Christ,  so  through  them 
the  new  covenant  could  be  written,  and  the  words  of  eternal  life  could  be 
brought  to  the  world  through  the  Apostles.  The  third  person  in  the 
Trinity  was  endued  with  power  from  on  high — messengers  of  the  cov- 
enant of  God  to  all  the  world.  St.  Paul's  argument  in  the  eighth  chapter 
of  Hebrews  puts  all  in  order.  No  testament  can  be  made  till  after  the  death 
of  the  testator,  and  the  witnesses  to  the  covenant  were  necessary  to  be  one 
in  spirit  to  witness  what  they  had  seen  and  heard.  Everything  written 
is  witnessed,  so  the  world  may  receive  Christ  in  His  new  covenant  laws  and 
commands,  and  believe  His  promises.  This  leads  us  to  see  the  laws  of  the 
Kingdom  of  God.  If  you  will  read  the  four  Evangelists  with  a  view  to  un- 
derstanding the  laws  of  the  new  covenant  of  the  Kingdom  of  God  you  will 
find  after  Christ  is  risen  from  the  dead  (in  the  last  chapter  of  Mark)  His 
commission  to  the  Apostles  was  to  go  and  preach  the  Gospel  to  every  creat- 
ure. And  His  promise  is:  "  He  that  belie veth  and  is  baptized  shall  be 
saved."  And  they  went  and  preached  everywhere,  the  Lord  working  with 
them  and  confirming  the  Word  with  signs  following. 

This  leads  us  to  see  what  the  miracles  were  for — to  confirm  the  Word. 
Then  in  Matthew  xvi,  when  Christ  gave  the  keys  of  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven 
to  Peter  and  said:  "Whatsoever  thou  shalt  bind  on  earth  shall  be  bound  in 
Heaven."  Then  if  you  have  read  the  four  Evangelists  you  have  learned 
that  Christ  told  His  Disciples  to  tarry  at  Jerusalem  till  they  were  endued 
with  power  from  on  high.  Jesus  was  translated  ten  days  when  Pentecost 
was  fully  come.  When  the  Disciples  were  assembled  the}-  were  all  of  one  ac- 
cord in  one  place  (Acts  ii  chapter).  Peter  has  the  keys,  and  standing  up  with 
them  (11-14  verses)  said:  "Hearken  to  my  words."  We  want  to  see  what 
Peter  binds  on  earth,  as  he  has  the  keys  of  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven.  In  the 
thirty-second  verse  he  says:  "This  Jesus  hath  God  raised  up,  whereof  we  all 
are  witnesses."     In  the  thirty-eighth  verse    Peter  preached  the   law  of  the 


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Kingdom  of  Heaven,  and  in  the  fortieth  verse  he  exhorted  them  to  save 
themselves,  showing  it  was  an  act  they  could  all  do  to  repent  of  their  sins, 
and  be  baptized  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ  for  the  remission  of  sins,  and  so 
receive  the  gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  This  corresponds  with  Christ's  words: 
"As  many  as  receive  me  I  will  give  power  to  become  sons  of  God."  This 
power  is  promised  us  after  we  receive  Him;  sometimes  it  is  called  the  Com- 
forter, the  Holy  Spirit.  I  feel  sure  it  is  a  comfort  to  believe  in  the  prom- 
ises of  God,  for  Jesus  Christ  is  God  with  us.  "In  the  beginning  was  the 
Word,  and  the  Word  was  with  God,  and  the  Word  was  God,  and  was  made 
flesh,  and  dwelt  among  us,  and  we  beheld  his  glory,  the  glory  of  the  only 
begotten  Son  of  God."  It  is  the  Comforter  in  our  souls  to  know  we  believe 
the  promises  of  God,  that  we  are  born  of  God's  word  of  promise.  This 
leads  us  to  inquire  how  we  know.  Because  Christ  said:  "Go  teach  all  nations, 
baptizing  in  my  name." 

This  brings  us  to  ask  how  can  we  get  the  new  name  in  the  new  cove- 
nant. Peter  said,  "He  baptized  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ  for  the  remis- 
sion of  sins  and  you  shall  receive  the  Holy  Ghost."  We  suppose  from  what 
Christ  said  it  is  power  we  receive  from  God.  Christ  said  as  many  as  re- 
ceived Him  He  would  give  them  power  to  become  sons  of  God.  God 
placed  it  in  our  own  power  to  receive  Him.  Peter  said,  "Save  your- 
selves from  this  untoward  generation."  God  had  a  plan  to  bring  His  word 
to  man.  The  Father,  Son  and  the  Apostles  are  one  in  action  and  in  spirit. 
Thus  the  three  are  one,  and  the  person  of  the  oneness  of  the  Spirit  is  to 
bear  witness  of  the  power  of  God  given  to  His  Son;  so  that  when  we  receive 
God's  Son  we  receive  power  from  on  high  to  do  the  will  of  God.  Faith 
comes  by  hearing,  and  the  words  of  eternal  life  are  inviting  us  back  to  a 
loving  Father,  and  God  gives  the  Apostle  the  witness  of  the  spirit  of  power 
to  write  the  new  covenant  in  order  for  us  to  understand  when  we  come 
into  Christ's  kingdom  on  earth  we  covenant  with  Christ  by  coming  in  His 
name.  I  think  we  have  some  of  the  language  of  Ashdod  by  calling  the 
Holy  Spirit  the  third  person  in  the  Trinity;  it  blinds  the  minds  of  the  people 
to  speak  of  the  Spirit  in  that  way.  Christ  Himself  is  the  personal  power  of 
God  in  the  spirit  of  truth.     He  is  the  person,  and  the  Apostles  witness  with 


30  AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

Him,  and  according  to  our  finite  understanding  we  could  easily  see  the 
Apostles  were  the  third  person.  But  again  we  see  the  three  compose  one 
body  and  one  spirit,  and  unite  ail  in  one  power,  one  spirit,  one  faith,  one 
Lord,  one  baptism,  one  body,  fitly  joined  together  in  the  unit}^  of  the 
spirit  of  faith  in  Christ  Jesus  our  God. 

This  leads  to  the  thought  that  God  will  not  hear  us  if  we  hold  iniquity 
in  our  hearts.  Since  we  have  been  forgiven,  the  loving  spirit  of  forgiveness 
should  abide  in  us;  and  if  we  are  born  of  the  spirit  of  truth,  the  effect  on 
us  will  be  that  we  wish  everyone  would  look  to  Christ  and  live;  for  out  of 
Christ  there  is  no  eternal  life.  One  thing  we  ought  to  remember:  When 
Christ  was  baptized,  God  acknowledged  Him  His  Son;  and  when  we  are 
baptized  Christ  acknowledges  us,  and  gives  His  promise  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
of  power,  the  Comforter,  as  long  as  we  abide  in  the  laws  of  the  Kingdom  of 
Heaven.  He  promises  to  abide  it.  us  if  we  keep  His  commandments.  He 
promises  eternal  life,  and  is  gracious  to  forgive  when  He  sees  we  trust  in 
Him  and  not  in  ourselves.  It  is  necessary  while  we  live  in  this  world  that 
we  should  be  law-abiding  citizens.  And  when  we  enter  the  Kingdom  of 
Heaven  in  the  name  of  Christ  on  earth,  in  order  to  know  the  law  of 
Christ  we  should  stud}'  His  word  in  prayer  and  supplication,  that  the  words 
of  Christ  be  the  man  of  our  counsel;  and  try  to  be  taught  of  God,  for  Jesus 
said  to  the  multitudes  that  followed  Him:  "You  cannot  come  to  me  except 
my  Father  that  sent  me  draw  you,  for  all  that  he  diawest  arc  taught  of 
God;  and  I  will  raise  him  up  at  the  last  day."  This  teaches  us  these  men 
were  not  taught  of  God;  they  were  taught  doctrines  and  commandments 
of  men,  and  cannot  be  saved,  because  Christ  comes  to  save  men  that  are 
drawn  by  the  spirit  of  the  teaching  of  God.  When  we  obey  the  laws  of 
the  Kingdom  of  Heaven,  the  Kingdom  is  within  us,  and  we  shall  be  able 
to  give  a  reason  for  the  hope  that  is  within  us  when  we  cast  our  liopes 
on  the  promises  of  God,  and  not  on  our  feelings  as  evidence. 

Our  feelings  are  evidence  to  us  that  the  Word  of  God  is  truth.  These 
promises  of  God  are  so  adapted  to  our  wants  that  we  feel  this  is  just  what 
we  need;  and  here  Abraham's  faith  comes  good.  If  we  have  faith  enough  to 
believe  in  Christ's  plan.  His  Kingdom  of  Heaven  on  earth  we  enter,  freed 


AUTOBIOGRAPHY.  31 

from  sin.  We  have  been  buried  with  Christ  to  represent  His  death;  when  we 
rise  from  the  watery  grave  we  represent  our  faitli  in  the  resurrection  of 
Christ;  and  as  Christ  was  raised  from  the  grave,  so  we  shall  be  raised  to  walk 
in  newness  of  life  if  we  continue  in  the  Apostles'  doctrine  of  the  Kingdom 
of  Heaven  on  earth.  Christ  has  only  left  on  record  two  ordinances:  one  is 
the  order  of  baptism;  the  other  is  the  communion  with  Christ  every  first 
day  of  the  week;  that  reminds  us  of  His  broken  body  and  shed  blood,  and 
gives  us  an  opportunity  to  renew  our  covenant  and  go  forth  with  the  armor 
of  God  shielding  us  from  business  temptations  in  the  world,  knowing  the  LT)rd 
we  have  trusted  in  has  all  power  in  heaven  and  in  earth,  and  can  supply  all 
our  needs  according  to  His  promises.  The  responsibility  rests  with  our- 
selves to  believe  Christ's  words  and  go  forth  observing  the  laws  of  the 
Kingdom  of  Heaven. 

Peter  rehearses  the  laws  of  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven  on  earth:  "Add  to 
your  faith  virtue,  knowledge,  temperance,  courage,  patience,  godliness, 
brotherly  kindness,  charity;  if  these  things  be  in  you  and  abound,  you  will 
have  an  abundant  entrance  into  the  everlasting  kingdom;  and  if  we  lack 
these  things  we  are  blind,  and  cannot  see  afar  off."  After  the  loving  Father 
has  taken  us  back,  through  such  cost,  it  becomes  our  duty  to  love  His  advice, 
and  cast  ourselves  on  His  mercy,  and  be  thankful  to  comply  with  His  wish, 
and  cling  to  the  new  name  and  the  promises,  and  work  out  our  salvation 
with  fear  and  trembling.  Not  that  fear  that  doubts  Christ's  word,  but  the 
same  fear  that  Paul  had,  to  keep  our  body  under  lest  we  be  cast  away. 
Watch  and  pray  lest  we  enter  into  temptation;  pray  without  ceasing,  which 
means  an  unceasing  desire  to  do  right. 

Our  own  mistakes  let  them  come  as  they  will,  we  suffer  for  them. 

We  all  have  the  Word  of  God  to  guide  us  unto  all  truth. 

As  a  man  thinketh  so  is  he;  it  stands  us  in  hand  to  think  right,  in 
order  to  act  right,  and  rest  ourselves  on  a  sure  foundation. 

It  IS  a  great  comfort  to  settle  our  minds  on  Christ,  a  sure  resting-place. 

If  all  of  us  should  live  according  to  the  advice  in  the  Epistles,  we 
would  be  living  Epistles,  known  and  read  of  all  men;  then  the  world 
could  take  knowledge   through  us  and   learn  of  Christ.     Paul  savs.  if  our 


32  AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

Gospel  is  hid,  it  is  hid  to  them  that  are  lost,  in  whom  the  god  of  this  world 
blinded  the  minds  of  them  that  believe  not.  Jesus  says:  "It  is  the  Spirit  that 
quickeneth  the  words  that  I  speak  unto  you;  they  are  Spirit  and  they  are 
life."  We  can  find  many  places  where  Christ's  words  are  His  sure  promises; 
and  we  can  obey  His  words  if  we  will;  or  we  can  resist  the  will  of  God  if  we 
choose;  but  the  responsibility  rests  with  ourselves  for  disobedience  to  God. 
When  Jesus  had  spoken  many  went  away.  Then  said  Jesus  unto  the  twelve, 
"Will  ye  also  go  away?"  P&ter  said:  "Lord,  where  shall  we  go.''  Thou 
hast  the  words  of  eternal  life,  and  we  are  sure  that  thou  art  that  Christ,  the 
Sou  of  the  Living  God." 

Jesus  gives  the  reason  why  all  left  but  twelve.  Christ  said,  "They  seek 
honor  from  one  another;  they  love  the  honor  of  the  world." 

I  have  told  you  faithfully  of  the  Apostles'  doctrine,  the  visible  church 
of  Christ  on  earth.  And  the  Apostles  have  been  faithful  in  describing  the 
character  of  the  children  of  the  King  in  all  their  Epistles,  and  their  advice  is 
alarming,  lest  when  we  have  run  the  race  set  before  us  we  should  lose  the 
crown  of  eternal  life.  In  all  the  Evangelists,  Matthew,  Mark,  Luke  and 
John,  and  also  in  John  the  Baptist,  you  will  learn  that  the  Kingdom  of 
Heaven  is  at  hand.  It  comes  without  perception;  it  is  within  us;  and  we 
are  notified  by  Christ's  word  that  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven  is  near  us. 

The  reason  I  have  said  the  Apostles  were  the  third  person  in  the  Trin- 
ity is  because  Jesus  prayed  that  they  be  made  one  with  Him  and  His  Father. 
And  the  Apostle  John's  testimon}'  (First  Epistle,  v:  7):  "For  there  are  three 
that  bear  record  in  heaven:  the  Father,  the  Word,  and  the  Holy  Ghost; 
and  these  three  agree  in  one."  The  question  is,  Who  are  these  three  that 
bear  record  in  heaven.^ 

The  Apostles  bore  record  about  Jesus  Christ's  word,  and  were  one 
with  the  Father  and  the  Son,  bearing  record  of  Christ's  work  on  earth. 
And  we  also  find  in  Revelation,  xxi:  12,  13  verses,  that  the  twelve  tribes 
of  Israel  had  their  names  written  on  the  gates,  and  the  Apostles'  names  were 
in  the  twelve  foundations  of  the  lamb.  We  see  from  this  that  the  Apostles 
represent  setting  up  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven  on  earth,  and  their  testimony 
18  the  knowledge  of  Christ  to  us.     When  we  receive  Christ  we  receive  Him 


AUTOBIOGRAPHY.  33 

on  the  testimony  of  the  Apostles,  and  from  their  testimony  we  believe 
in  Jesus  Christ.  I  believe  the  person  represented  is  the  Apostles,  and 
they  are  the  proof  to  us  of  Christ's  word  of  truth,  and  Christ  is 
represented  as  the  truth,  and  Christ's  words  are  life  to  the  world, 
for  the  Apostles  have  seen  Him  and  His  works,  and  they  testify  to  the 
power  of  God  through  Christ  to  all  men.  If  you  believe  in  His  name  and 
obey  His  commands  you  will  enter  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven  on  earth,  ac- 
cording to  His  plan,  and  be  made  free  from  sin,  and  abide  in  Christ  accord- 
ing to  the  laws  of  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven.  The  Apostles'  witness  is  we 
shall  have  an  abundant  entrance  into  the  everlasting  kingdom  by  obedience 
to  the  law  of  the  Lord. 

I  here  recognize  the  person  of  the  Apostles,  bringing  to  us  the  person- 
ality of  Christ  and  the  power  of  Christ  to  save  man  by  the  Divine  power 
of  God.  I  have  done  the  best  I  can  for  the  children  of  men,  so  the  Holy 
Spirit,  the  power  of  God,  need  not  rest  in  obscurity.  And  man  can  know 
when  he  is  born  in  the  name  of  Christ.  When  we  are  born  in  Christ's 
name  and  promises  we  can  know  of  His  Love,  for  He  gave  His  life  for  us 
and  became  our  Passover.  When  He  instituted  the  Communion  in  His  name 
and  represented  it  as  His  broken  body  and  shed  blood,  then  He  was  ready 
to  give  His  life  for  all  men.  Whomsoever  will  may  come  into  the  Gospel 
Kingdom  on  earth.  It  was  the  Jewish  Passover  time  when  they  put  Christ 
to  death,  and  after  His  resurrection  He  appeared  to  His  Apostles  and  other 
of  His  brethren  forty  days,  and  said  to  His  Disciples,  "Tarry  at  Jerusalem 
till  you  are  endued  with  power  from  on  high;"  and  at  the  Pentecost  time, 
ten  days  after  Christ  ascended,  you  will  find  the  power  of  God  manifested  (in 
the  second  chapter  of  Acts);  and  Peter  opened  the  door  of  salvation  to  the 
Jews,  first  in  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven  on  earth  in  the  name  of  Christ,  when 
they  entered  according  to  direction,  and  had  their  sins  forgiven.  After  a 
time,  when  Christ  was  ready  to  receive  the  Gentiles,  God  manifested  His  power, 
and  the  Holy  Spirit  fell  on  them.  Peter  speaks  of  it  as  a  gift  that  falls  on 
us.  At  the  beginning  it  was  the  preparing  power  of  God  making  known  to 
them  that  He  was  ready  to  take  them  into  His  Kingdom  of  Heaven  on  earth 
on  condition  of  obedience — of  entrance  in  the  name  of  Christ.     The  Chris- 


84  AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

tian  Jews  did  not  expect  that  the  Gentiles  would  be  allowed  to  come  in,  and 
took  Peter  to  task  for  admitting  them.  Peter  says,  "What  was  I  that  I  could 
withstand  God?  I  was  sent  to  tell  them  words  whereby  they  could  be  saved." 
So  we  see  God  prepares  the  way  to  help  us  to  come,  but  we  all  have  to  enter 
in  the  name,  the  same  as  at  the  beginning.  When  Peter  preached  to  the  Jews 
that  had  put  the  just  one  to  death  they  had  to  accept  the  name  they  had 
rejected. 

If  men  in  our  day  can  take  the  risk  of  changing  the  law  of  the  Lord 
by  taking  a  promise  and  misplacing  it  to  suit  the  doctrines  and  command- 
ments of  men,  and  make  the  laws  of  God  of  no  effect,  they  can  see  the 
effect  of  their  doings  now  in  this  unbelieving  world  and  the  different  names 
of  the  Protestant  churches.  We  deserve  the  scoffs  of  the  Catholics;  they 
claim  one  name,  one  church.  If  we  had  proved  true  to  the  Apostles'  doc- 
trine, we  should  have  had  one  name,  one  church,  one  Lord,  one  faith,  and 
one  baptism. 

The  Apostle  St.  Paul  said  if  any  man  preached  any  other  doctrine  than 
he  preached,  let  him  be  accursed;  and  the  curse  of  all  these  doctrines  of  men 
is  upon  us  in  all  this  Babylon  of  beliefs;  the  seed  of  unbelief  is  sown,  and  our 
nation  of  unbelief  will  pay  the  price,  for  our  cup  of  iniquity  is  nearly  full; 
and  the  people  are  seeking  glory  and  honor  from  the  world  and  each  other. 
These  men  that  are  teaching  the  doctrines  and  commandments  of  men  would 
not  dare  teach  the  laws  of  the  Kingdom  of  God;  the  different  organizations 
would  scorn  a  preacher  that  would  not  teach  the  traditions  of  their  church. 
We  are  in  the  toils  of  Satan,  and  soon,  very  soon,  and  even  now,  we  are 
passing  through  tribulation;  but  this  is  a  bare  beginning  of  the  chastise- 
ment of  God,  letting  our  own  individual  and  national  sins  punish  us. 

We  all  know  the  name  of  Christ,  and  the  Scriptures  teach  His  followers 
were  first  called  Christians  at  Antioch.  We  have  counted  ourselves  unworthy 
to  wear  the  name  of  Christ,  and  the  world  has  its  wisdom  and  counts  the  wis- 
dom of  God  and  His  plan  of  no  account;  and  the  evil  one  and  his  sore 
judgments  will  be  hard  to  bear.  It  was  the  evil  one  that  changed  the  law 
of  God  so  he  could  rule  the  earth  himself;  and  the  same  cause  that  de- 
ceived the  world  will  humble  it  till  he  will  drive  us  all  together.     God  will 


AUTOBIOGRAPHY.  35 

not  hinder  the  man  of  sin  till  he  drives  us  as  one  man  home  to  the  king- 
dom of  Christ  on  earth. 

We  have  three  opposing  parties  represented:  the  beast,  the  false  prophet 
and  the  dragon.  When  they  are  removed  the  thousand  years  of  peace  in 
Christ's  kingdom  on  earth  will  come;  the  temporal  power  of  the  beast  is 
gone.  That  is  the  reason  His  personal  power  is  assuming  so  much  power. 
God  said  the  beast  and  false  prophet  shovild  go  down  together.  We  hare 
reason  to  think  by  the  signs  of  the  times  they  will  go  into  oblivion  at  the 
end  of  this  age.  It  looks  now  as  if  we  are  near  the  last  battle  to  see  who 
will  govern  the  earth.  The  zeal  of  the  Lord  of  Hosts  will  accomplish  this 
through  His  people. 

The  Lord  will  rejoice  when  His  people,  through  the  power  of  God,  over- 
come the  enemy  of  God  and  man;  then  the  dragon  will  be  bound.  The 
same  man  of  sin  that  changed  the  laws  of  God  is  at  our  door  to  send  us 
back  to  our  Father's  home  in  Jesus'  name.  When  that  time  comes  Christ's 
Bride  will  rule  the  whole  earth.  In  the  name  of  Christ,  our  Lord,  we  have 
got  to  pass  through  tribulation  with  this  man  of  sin.  When  we  are  driven 
together  m  the  one  name,  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  will  put 
the  name  of  Christ,  King  of  Kings  and  Lord  of  Hosts,  on  their  banners. 
They  are  holding  the  name  for  that  purpose.  Nine  years  ago  this  winter 
they  met  in  Farwell  Hall  to  put  the  name  of  God  in  our  worldly  constitution. 
God  hindered  them.  One  man  gave  the  reason  why  they  were  hindered. 
He  said:  "Brethren,  this  is  our  time  to  put  the  name  of  God  in  the  consti- 
tution; but  when  God's  time  comes  for  His  name  to  go  in,  it  will  go  in." 
I  said:  "Gloiy  to  God!"  I  knew  then  what  I  know  now.  We  are  nearing 
the  seventh  part  of  time,  when  Christ's  Bride,  the  church,  the  Israel  of  God, 
will  inherit  the  earth  one  thousand  years.  And  when  we  enter  in  His 
name  we  will  occupy  till  He  comes  in  person. 

David  said  the  name  of  the  Lord  should  resound  to  the  ends  of  the 
earth.  The  rule  of  Christ  through  His  people  is  described  as  being  as  strong 
as  iron.  When  the  man  of  sin  wrested  the  keys  of  the  kingdom  from  Peter, 
he  failed  to  see  Peter  had  a  wife,  or  perhaps  in  his  highness  he  assumed  the 
name  of  God  to  rule  the  earth,  and  thought  it  was  not  best  for  God  to  marry. 


36  AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

If  he  built  his  church  on  Peter,  and  failed  to  notice  Peter  had  a  wife,  and 
undertook  to  rule  in  Peter's  name,  or  in  Christ's  name,  changing  the  laws 
of  God  for  greatness  and  honor,  he  would  be  sure  to  fail,  for  Christ  has 
and  will  prevail. 

"Glory  to  God  in  the  highest,  peace  on  earth  and  good  will  to  man!" 


CHAPTER  THIRD. 


A  FTER  a  few  years'  absence,  I  returned  to  Chicago  and  resumed  nursing, 
as  before  stated,  and  often  heard  Dr.  Shipman  speak  about  the  neces- 
sity of  a  Foundlings'  Home  being  established  in  this  city,  more  especially 
during  the  two  years  immediately  preceding  the  opening  of  the  home  on 
Green  Street.  It  is  not  necessary  for  me  to  repeat  why  Dr.  Shipman  was 
so  exercised  on  this  subiect;  doubtless  you  are  all  familiar  with  his  reasons 
as  given  by  himself.  But  I  do  know  that  it  was  a  matter  of  conscience 
with  him.  He  fully  realized  that  it  was  a  great  undertaking;  3'et  its  mag- 
nitude did  not  deter  him  from  engaging  in  this  much-needed  work.  When 
speaking  with  him  about  it,  previous  to  its  commencement,  I  told  him  if  he 
bad  held  a  baby  over  his  shoulder  as  many  nights  as  I  had,  I  did  not 
believe  he  would  care  to  start  a  babj'  home.  But,  although  I  did  not  talk 
•encouragingly,  I  thought  my  long  experience  in  the  care  of  babies  rendered 
me  capable  of  giving  valuable  assistance  in  that  department.  Mrs.  Fuller, 
of  Lake  Avenue,  and  many  others  who  felt  sure  that  I,  through  the  mercy 
of  God,  had  been  permitted  to  snatch  their  babies  from  the  jaws  of  death, 
could  testify  to  my  efficiency  in  the  care  of  little  ones;  so  I  promised  the 
Doctor,  if  he  entered  upon  the  work,  I  would  give  six  months  in  labor;  and 
although  circumstances  did  not  favor  the  exact  carrying  out  of  my  inten- 
tions, what  I  could  not  do  in  one  way  I  endeavored  to  do  in  another.  As 
will  be  shown  hereafter,  the  Doctor  would  not  be  discouraged,  for  his  con- 
victions were  strong  and  his  faith  was  equally  strong;  so  he  persevered,  I 
need  not  say  with  what  results,  for  they  are  well  known  to  you  all.      And 


AUTOBIOGRAPHY.  37 

we  need  not  marvel  when  we  remember  that  our  Heavenly  Father  possesses 
the  same  power  to-day  that  He  did  when  the  Children  of  Israel  were  enabled 
to  escape  from  their  pursuers  by  passing  through  the  midst  of  the  sea  on 
dry  land;  the  same  power  that  closed  the  lions'  mouths;  that  protected  His 
servants  in  the  midst  of  the  fiery  furnace,  and  sent  a  raven  to  feed  the 
prophet  Elijah.  When  we  think  of  all  God's  wonderful  manifestations  of 
power  through  the  ages,  the  only  marvel  is  that  we  should  ever  doubt. 
And  evidently  Dr.  Shipman  did  not  indulge  in  fears,  but  practicall}'  went 
to  work,  and  as  the  first  thing  to  be  done  was  to  get  a  house,  Mrs.  Ship- 
man  and  I  began  assisting  him  by  looking  for  one.  But  as  she,  unfortun- 
ately, received  a  fall  which  disabled  her  for  walking,  I  continued  alone 
until  the  Green  Street  house  was  found,  and  the  Doctor  thought  it  would 
do  for  a  beginning.  Our  first  was  a  baby  boarder,  received  Monday,  Janu- 
ary 29,  1871.  Tuesday  a  boy  baby  was  given,  and  I  called  him  a  captain, 
because  he  yelled  so  loud  and  was  so  unlike  our  gentle  lady  boarder;  so  the 
Doctor  named  him  John  Captain.  Wednesday  evening  a  girl  baby  was 
brought,  and  I  asked  the  Doctor  to  call  her  Mary  Ann  Dickey.  I  still  have 
her  little  belt  with  the  name  marked  on  it.  The  same  evening  (Wednesday) 
a  poor  little  sick  baby  was  left.  The  first  item  furnished  by  a  reporter  was: 
"  A  large  two-bushel  basket  to  take  the  babies  in,  and  an  old  stove,"  and 
two  ladies  who  came  from  the  North  Side  asked:  "  Why  was  not  the  home 
furnished  before  being  opened  ?  "  I  replied:  "  When  the  babies  come,  we 
expect  the  Lord  will  send  us  what  we  need."  And  surely  our  trust  was 
not  in  vain,  for  the  same  evening  our  sick  baby  came  two  men  brought 
a  mattress  bed,  simply  saying,  "  From  a  friend  to  the  babies,"  and  only  the 
Lord  and  ourselves  knew  what  a  blessing  it  was.  And  again,  after  ten 
o'clock  the  same  night,  the  Lord  sent  us  other  much-needed  supplies, 
eighteen  nice  clean  baby  napkins.  The  girl  who  brought  them  said  the 
lady  had  just  finished  them  and  thought,  though  late, she  would  send  them, 
as  we  might  be  in  need  of  them.  I  do  not  now  remember  the  lad3''s  name, 
but  I  know  the  Lord  guided  her  hand  that  night.  And  so  the  work  was 
going  on.  Friday  a  colored  baby  was  brought,  making  five  in  less  than  a 
week.      Saturday  I   went  to  Mr.  Bangs  and  bought  a  stove  for  twenty  dol- 


88  AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

lars,  which  was  delivered  the  following  Monday.  I  did  not  intend  the  Doc- 
tor should  know  that  I  owned  the  stove,  but  he  questioned  me  so  closely 
that  I  had  to  tell  him.  He  refused  to  accept  it,  saying  I  could  not  afford  to 
give  it,  and  beside  a  larger  one  would  soon  be  needed,  but  it  could  be  used 
a  while.  I  have  alluded  to  the  stove  that  you  might  better  understand 
some  little  incidents  that  afterwards  occurred,  which  will  be  mentioned 
latei*.  Now,  ladies,  I  will  give  you  a  description  of  our  home  family  and 
surroundings  at  that  time.  There  were  five  babies,  as  already  stated.  An 
elderly  woman  by  the  name  of  Blodget  brought  recommendations  to  Dr. 
Shipman,  and  he  sent  her  to  the  home  to  assist,  and  she  also  had  a  few 
dishes  and  things  which  she  brought  along  with  her.  I  had  happened  to 
meet  her  once  previous  to  seeing  her  at  the  home.  When  I  was  introduced 
to  her,  she  told  me  that  she  had  been  engaged  during  the  war  in  doing 
hospital  work,  and  that  when  they  had  nice  warm  soups  they  tantalized 
the  Confederate  soldiers  by  putting  the  soup  under  their  noses,  then  taking 
it  away,  and  finally  giving  them  the  cold  slops  that  were  left.  I  said  1  also 
had  for  a  few  months  done  the  same  kind  of  service,  but  that  1  had  treated 
the  poor  sick  boys  alike.  She  then  said:  "  I  know  just  what  you  are  if  that 
was  the  way  you  did;  you  are  a  Southern  Secesh  Copperhead."  I  answered: 
"  Madam,  you  do  not  know  me  at  all;  I  am  a  woman  who  sympathizes  with 
suffering  wherever  I  find  it,  be  it  North  or  South."  Of  course  Dr.  Ship- 
man  knew  nothing  about  her  except  through  her  references,  which  he  had 
considered  satisfactory.  Another  woman  was  also  sent  to  help  take  care  of 
the  babies;  but  oh  what  helpers  they  were  I  The  difficult}^  of  obtaining 
efficient  help  was  one  of  the  many  trials  of  those  earlier  days — one  which 
no  doubt  the  Doctor  realized  as  a  whole,  but  if  he  had  been  subjected  to 
the  minutiae  of  it,  his  perplexities,  I  am  sure,  would  have  been  greatly 
increased.  The  last-named  woman,  who  came  into  the  home  as  a  helper 
was  unkind  to  the  babies;  not  even  the  little  sick  one  was  excepted.  She 
said  if  I  expected  those  babies  treated  as  though  they  were  our  own,  I'd 
find  niyself  mistaken.  I  said:  "  I  see  I  shall,  but  as  far  as  possible  I  shall 
treat  thera  as  though  they  were  my  own."  When  the  first  calling  day  was 
announced  b3-  the  Doctor,  I  asked  the  women  if  the}-  would   assist  me  to 


AUTOBIOGRAPHY.  39 

wash  the  babies'  clothes,  that  the  little  ones  might  be  clean.  They  said,  no, 
Ihey  would  not;  so  I  washed  them  without  help,  which  took  all  night,  as  I 
had  to  attend  to  the  babies  beside.  I  shall  never  forget  that  night's  wash- 
ing and  ironing.  In  the  morning  I  said:  "  Will  you  heat  a  kettle  of  water 
to  thaw  the  ice  off  tlie  steps  before  anyone  attempts  to  come  up  them  ?  " 
Again  they  refused,  saying:  "  If  the  Doctor  wants  it  done,  let  him  send 
someone  to  do  it;  "  so  I  attended  to  it  myself;  but  I  felt  my  strength  giv- 
ing way,  and  the  Doctor  told  me  I  would  have  to  go  somewhere  and  get 
rested.  As  I  had  engaged  to  nurse  Mrs.  Peck  (before  knowing  when  the 
Doctor  would  open  the  home)  and  the  time  was  drawing  near,  I  went,  but 
was  unable  to  stay  with  her,  and  after  a  few  days  was  taken  to  my  son,  near 
Ottawa,  where  I  was  very  sick  a  few  weeks.  Before  I  returned  to  the  city, 
the  following  May,  the  home  had  moved  to  Randolph  Street.  They  had 
procured  a  matron,  and  also  had  a  maiden  lady  who  dressed  the  babies,  but 
the  poor  little  things  looked  as  though  they  had  the  spotted  fever,  and  Dr. 
Shipman  wanted  me  to  see  what  I  thought  about  them,  for  he  knew  I 
understood  a  good  deal  about  babies,  and  truly  it  did  not  take  me  long  to 
find  out  what  the  trouble  was,  for  the  bands  were  brought  up  close  under 
the  arms  and  fastened  so  tightly  as  to  impede  circulation.  This  was  done 
so  as  to  make  a  long  body  to  pin  the  napkin  on,  that  the  flannels  might  not 
be  in  danger  of  getting  soiled,  and  when  I  rectified  their  manner  of  dressing 
by  putting  the  bands  where  they  should  be  worn,  and  pinning  them  properly 
so  the  poor  little  things  could  breathe  naturally,  they  began  to  recover.  I 
told  them,  and  here  repeat,  that  babies  should  be  dressed  from  the  shoulders 
if  one  desires  to  make  them  comfortable  and  healthy.  The  woman  who 
dressed  the  babies  used  to  hold  up  the  most  pitiable,  emaciated  one  among 
them  and  say:  "  Ain't  it  an  honor  to  this  homeopathic  institution  ?  "  and 
the  matron  sanctioned  this  impression  given  against  homeopathy.  But 
when  it  was  so  plainly  seen  that  it  was  their  own  management,  or  rather 
mismanagement,  that  had  caused  the  trouble,  they  were  not  at  all  pleased; 
and  as  they  had  no  other  redress,  they  influenced  the  washerwoman  to  make 
things  disagreeable  for  me,  because,  under  the  new  order  of  dressing  flan- 
nels were  occasionally  soiled.     I    was  not  paying  strict  attention  to  the 


40  AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

washerwoman's  tirade,  so  the  matron  evidently  thought  they  were  failing 
in  their  purpose  and  said:  "  Mrs.  Dickey,  that  means  you."  Well!  to  tell  it 
in  a  few  words,  just  then  I  guess  they  did  not  think  me  quite  as  meek  as 
Moses  was  said  to  have  been;  and  as  I  would  not  tell  the  Doctor  or  Mrs. 
Shipman  of  their  doings,  because  I  knew  they  had  enough  to  contend  with, 
I  never  knew  what  their  misrepresentations  wei'e.  But  the  Doctor  asked 
me  if  I  was  willing  to  go  to  his  house  with  the  babies  that  needed  my  atten- 
tion, and  as  it  was  much  more  difficult  to  take  care  of  them  at  his  house 
than  at  the  home,  there  could  be  but  one  conclusion.  When  I  went  to  the 
home  to  take  care  of  the  sick  babies,  Mrs.  Shipman  had  told  me  that  as 
soon  as  they  could  have  the  rear  rooms,  which  were  not  at  first  vacated, 
they  had  thought  it  would  be  a  good  arrangement  to  fit  them  up  as  a 
nursery  for  sick  babies  and  give  me  charge  of  them;  and  I  hoped  in  that 
way,  if  I  could  stand  the  work,  to  redeem  my  promise  of  six  months'  labor 
made  to  the  Doctor.  But  evidently  something  had  changed  their  plans?, 
since  the  Doctor  asked  me,  as  before  stated,  if  I  was  willing  to  take  the 
babies  to  his  house  and  care  for  them.  Previous  to  mj^  going  to  Dr.  Ship- 
man's  house.  Dr.  Ballard,  who  was  at  that  time  assistant  physician  at  the  home, 
said:  "I  feel  better  when  the  babies  are  better;  don't  you,  Mrs.  Dickey  ?  "  I 
said:  "  No,  sir;  I  always  feel  worse  when  the  babies  are  better;  "  and  he 
laughed,  for  he  understood  the  hard  night  and  day  work  that  resulted  in 
their  improvement,  and  when  I  told  the  Doctor  that  their  manner  of  dress- 
ing was  what  had  caused  the  babies  to  look  so  spotted,  he  said  he  had  sus- 
pected as  much.  When  I  first  returned  to  the  home,  I  had  been  very  much 
gratified  to  find  a  matron  in  charge  who  seemed  so  well  adapted  to  the 
position.  She  did  not  profess  to  know  much  about  babies,  but  in  the 
domestic  department  seemed  careful  and  competent.  One  little  incident  I 
will  mention  which  shows  her  carefulness:  At  the  time  I  bought  the  stove 
of  which  I  have  spoken,  I  also  bought  a  small  porcelain  kettle,  expressly  to 
be  used  in  preparing  the  babies'  food,  and  while  I  was  caring  for  the  sick 
babies  she  refused  to  let  me  use  it,  saying  slie  did  not  want  it  "  all  stuck 
up."  I  did  not  tell  her  it  was  my  own  kettle,  but  asked  her  if  she  then 
would  let  me  take  a  basin  to  prepare  the  food  in.     Later,  when  I  was  work- 


AUTOBIOGRAPHY.  41 

inor  outside  in  the  interest  of  the  home  (as  will  hereafter  be  explained), 
having  made  arrangements  for  the  furnishing  of  two  rooms,  Mrs.  Shipman 
asked  the  men  who  were  at  work  in  tiiem  what  day  they  would  be  through, 
and  they  said  she  could  have  the  rooms  Thursdaj'.  Accordingly,  the  fur- 
nishing goods  were  delivered  at  that  time,  but  the  matron  refused  to  have 
them  brought  inside,  because  the  rooms  were  not  entirely  completed,  so  the 
things  were  deposited  in  the  yard.  But  I  was  afraid  they  might  get  wet  or 
something  happen  to  them,  and  Miss  Martin,  the  linen  woman,  said:  "  Mrs. 
Dickey,  I  will  help  you  carry  them  in  and  find  corners  for  them  until  they 
can  have  their  proper  places;  "  then  added:  "  Mrs.  Dickey,  I  should  think 
you  would  hate  the  matron  for  the  way  she  has  treated  you,"  and  I  laugh- 
ingly replied:  "  Oh,  no;  I  ought  to  like  her  for  taking  such  good  care  of 
my  little  kettle."  Again,  when  the  matron  was  complaining  about  the 
inefficiency  of  the  stove,  saying  it  was  not  large  enough,  and  the  oven  was 
cracked  and  would  not  bake,  I  replied  that  I  too  would  be  glad  when  the 
new  stove  came,  as  then  I  could  take  mine  SLwa.y.  "  Your  stove!  Your 
stove!"  she  exclaimed,  "  How  came  it  yours.''"  "Because  I  bought  and 
paid  for  it,"  said  I.  Still  she  seemed  to  discredit  my  statement,  and  after- 
wards said  to  me:"  Mrs.  Dickey,  now  tell  me,  is  this  stove  really  yours,  or 
did  Dr.  Shipman  give  it  to  you  for  service  rendered  ?  "  I  then  answered 
with  emphasis:  "  I  have  told  3^ou  1  bought  the  stove  of  Mr.  Bangs,  and  if 
you  don't  believe  me.  you  can  go  and  ask  him  if  you  choose  to."  1  pre- 
sume it  then  dawned  upon  her  that  she  had  refused  me  the  use  of  my  own 
kettle.  Shortly  after  I  became  acquainted  with  her,  she  told  me  that  Dr. 
Shipman  would  have  to  give  the  home  up  to  the  state,  for  he  could  not 
carry  it,  and  it  troubled  me  until  I  committed  it  to  the  Lord  in  prayer,say- 
ing:  "  Oh  Lord,  if  it  is  Thy  will  that  Dr.  Shipman  may  succeed  in  his  home 
work,  then  it  is  mine;  but  if  it  is  not  Thy  will,  neither  is  it  mine,"  after 
which  I  slept  in  peace.  And  when  she  made  the  same  assertion  to  others, 
by  whom  it  was  repeated,  I  only  thought  she  expressed  her  fears,  as  I  had 
done  when  lie  first  engaged  in  this  great  undertaking.  I  had  often  thought, 
If  the  Doctor  fails  in  this  work,  will  it  leave  his  beautiful  faith  and  trust 
unimpaired.?     One  day  I  said  something  of  this  kind  to  Mrs.  Shipman,  and 


42  AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

she  admitted  that  I  had  spoken  what  her  own  thoughts  had  sometimes  been. 
And  so,  when  the  matron  from  time  to  time  expressed  her  conviction  of  the 
Doctor's  inability  to  carry  on  the  work,  I,  of  course,  supposed  that  her 
remarks  were  prompted  by  anxiety,  but  as  I  afterward  learned,  through 
some  motive,  supposably  of  a  selfish  character,  it  was  her  intention  that  he 
should  be  hindered  from  going  on  with  his  appointed  work,  as  it  was  made 
known  that  she  at  different  times  had  told  people  not  to  leave  money  to  the 
home,  as  it  only  encouraged  the  Doctor  in  making  an  effort  to  continue  the 
home  work.  But  time  has  proven  in  many  ways  that  it  only  requires  God 
and  one  faith  worker  to  constitute  a  host,  and  opposition  counts  as  nothing 
when  arrayed  against  that  of  which  He  approves;  and  when,  months  after, 
they  had  given  Iier  an  opportunity  to  resign,  and  I  was  informed  that  it  was 
because  she  was  untruthful  and  unreliable  in  many  ways,  I  onlj'said  I  could 
have  told  all  that  when  I  was  in  the  home.  She  told  me  if  she  had  con- 
trol she  would  give  the  babies  paregoric,  and  I  detected  some  cases  where 
she  had  sanctioned  its  use  to  an  alarming  extent.  I  not  only  knew  myself 
that  her  word  was  not  to  be  depended  upon,  but  she  had  given  all  in  the 
house  plenty  of  reason  to  understand  the  same  fact.  I  had  been  very  care- 
ful not  to  speak  an  unkind  word  to  her,  even  under  provocation,  and  I 
would  not  speak  against  her  to  the  Doctor  or  Mrs.  Shipman,  knowing  how 
difficult  it  was  to  get  such  helpers  as  the  situation  demanded,  and,  said  1, 
"  I  knew  you  would  soon  enough  see  for  yourselves  what  she  was  capable 
of  doing."  And  they  were  glad  I  had  not  spoken,  for  to  have  understood 
a  little  then  would  have  complicated  the  difl3culty.  I  have  not  thus 
recounted  the  matron's  shortcomings  because  I  consider  it  pleasant  to  recall 
a  person's  defects,  but  rather  to  impress  upon  my  readers  one  of  the  great 
trials  of  those  early  home  days.  But  Dr.  Shipman  stood  the  test,  and  the 
Lord  has  rewarded  him  by  supplying — these  many  ^^eai-s — a  corps  of  ami- 
able, reliable  and  competent  co-workei-s.  First  was  the  Ladies'  Aid  Society, 
and  through  it  untold  good  has  been  accomplished.  When  Dr.  Shipman 's 
health  failed,  and  it  was  deemed  advisable  that  he  should  go  abroad,  how 
marvelous  it  seemed  that  in  such  a  time  of  great  need  Dr.  Prince  should 
come,  as  though  sent  from  the  skies;  also  Mrs.  Fox  as  matron,  and  Miss  Peck, 


AUTOBIOGRAPHY.  43 

her  daughter,  who  acceptably  and  efficiently  fills  the  position  of  matron 
since  Mrs.  Fox  has  grown  aged  and  infirm.  I  would  speak  of  Mrs.  Meser- 
ole,  Mrs.  Trumbo,  Mrs.  Reed  and  others  as  assistants;  Dr.  Harriet  Howe 
as  physician,  and  Mrs.  Brown  as  housekeeper.  In  fact,  every  department 
is  represented  by  faithful,  energetic  helpers  in  this  beautiful  faith  work. 
And  the  home  building,  with  all  its  conveniences  and  systematic  appoint- 
ments, is  in  itself  a  monument  of  God's  mercy  to  one  who  has  trusted  Him 
implicitly.  After  what  1  have  written,  I  think,  ladies,  you  will  easily 
understand  why  I  felt  sure  that  I  had  been  misrepresented  to  Dr.  Ship- 
man  when  he  asked  me  to  go  to  his  house  with  the  babies.  I  went,  but 
taking  care  of  them  there  was  more  exhausting  than  at  the  home,  more 
going  up  and  down  stairs,  and  in  some  other  ways  less  convenient;  and  the 
result  was  I  soon  had  to  discontinue  the  care  of  the  babies;  and  as  this  was 
my  second  attempt  (and  failure  too),  I  decided  that  I  should  have  to  try 
in  some  other  way  to  redeem  my  promise  to  the  Doctor.  Now,  it  is  well 
known  that  no  person  living  in  the  home  has  a  right  to  solicit  for  it,  as  it 
is  purely  a  faith  institution.  But  it  is  equally  well  understood  that  the 
Lord  works  through  means,  that  His  people  are  His  agents.  So,  having 
severed  my  connection  with  the  home,  I  assumed  the  responsibility  of  plac- 
ing some  of  its  needs  before  those  who  were  willing  to  work  for  the  Lord. 
1  first  went  to  Mrs.  Potter  Palmer,  who  at  that  time  was  an  influential 
member  of  the  Christian  Church.  She  gave  ten  dollars,  and  the  united 
efforts  of  the  church  ladies  furnished  two  rooms  nicely.  I  next  saw  Mrs. 
Elkins,  who  was  spoken  of  as  being  very  active  in  every  benevolent  enter- 
prise. She  being  a  member  of  the  Unitarian  Church,  the  ladies  of  that 
church  gave  seventy-five  dollars  in  furnishing  one  large  room.  It  will  be 
remembered  that  the  home  was  still  on  Randolph  Street.  Next  I  went  to 
Mrs.  Cleaver,  of  Cleaverville,  to  see  about  getting  a  stove,  and  she  raised 
sixty  dollars  with  which  to  purchase  one.  I  will  mention  one  incident  con- 
nected with  those  soliciting  days  which  may  interest  you.  One  lady  intro- 
duced me  to  her  husband,  saying:  "  I  want  to  tell  30U  what  he  says — 
'  that  you  are  another  old  fraud,  trying  to  fill  your  own  pocket  with 
money.'  "     I  could  not  refrain  from  smiling,  but  said:  "  I  don't  know  as 


44  AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

I  blame  you  for  thinking  so,  considering  all  that  is  going  on  these  days; 
but  this  time  you  are  mistaken,  for  I  do  not  receive  any  mone3%  but  could 
show  you  a  pair  of  blistered  feet  for  my  portion,"  He  replied:  "1  can 
readily  believe  they  are  blistered  if  you  are  walking  these  hot  sidewalks; 
but  why  do  you  not  take  some  of  the  money  to  ride  on  ?  "  "  Because," 
said  I,  "  as  already  stated,  I  do  not  receive  anything  myself,  but  I  have 
made  arrangements  that  everything  given  shall  be  left  with  Mrs.  Stephens, 
an  aristocratic  lady  living  on  Michigan  Avenue;  but  I  have  ten  dollai-s  that 
I  have  worked  and  earned,  and  I  am  walking  to  save  it,  for  as  long  as  I 
can  make  it  last  I  intend  to  continue  this  work  for  the  home;  and  although 
I  am  a  poor  woman  who  has  to  walk,  and  your  wife  can  ride  in  her  carriage, 
we  are  on  an  equality  in  this  work,  and  I  do  not  believe  if  she  collected  any 
money  that  she  would  keep  it."  Said  he:  "  Neither  do  I  believe  you 
would."  I  then  replied:  "I  am  in  a  good  deal  of  a  hurry,  but  intended 
to  stay  until  you  admitted  this  much."  But,  though  often  footsore  and 
wear}^,  an  occasional  word  of  appreciation  renewed  my  courage.  During 
those  soliciting  days,  on  the  22d  of  June,  I  went  to  the  Presbyterian  Church 
.social,  which  was  given  with  a  sincere  desire  to  benefit  the  home,  and 
while  there  Mrs.  Ambrose  said:  "  Mrs.  Dickey,  I  am  glad  to  see  you  here, 
for  you  are  the  only  woman  ever  in  the  home  who  was  worth  a  row  of 
pins."  In  this  way  I  labored  until  I  felt  that  I  had  made  my  promise 
good  for  six  months'  service.  After  the  new  home  was  built,  or  rather 
was  in  process  of  building,  the  Ladies'  Aid  Society  had  cards  with  a  cut 
of  the  building  on  them.  They  were  called  bricks,  and  sold  for  ten  cents 
each.  I  was  offered  a  percentage  for  selling  them,  but  chose  not  to  receive 
it,  and  so  carried  seventy  dollars  from  their  sale  to  the  home.  I  am  thank- 
ful that  the  Lord  has  seen  fit  to  use  me  in  this  grand  faith  work.  For  He 
knew  that  my  trust  was  in  Him,  although  I  am  forced  to  admit  that  my 
standard  of  faith  was  far  below  that  of  Dr.  Shipman's  in  regard  to  estab- 
lishing the  Foundlings'  Home,  and  this  admission  reminds  me  of  the  time 
when  Dr.  Shipman  introduced  me  to  Mrs.  Sampson,  jestingly,  as  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  home.  Said  I:  "  Dr.  Shipman,  how  can  so  good  a  man  as 
you  make  such  an  assertion,  for  I  am  sure  the  poor  babies  would  have  died 


AUTOBIOGRAPHY.  45 

in  the  street  if  founding  the  home  had  depended  on  me;  but,"  addressing 
Mrs.  Sampson,  "  I  will  tell  you  who  I  am — I  am  that  old  woman  on  whose 
back  the  Doctor  opened  his  home  and  like  to  broke  it."  "  Yes,"  said  the 
Doctor,  "  Mrs.  Dickey  was  like  another  woman  who  could  not  stand  it  here, 
only  more  so."  Again,  after  the  great  Chicago  fire,  I  told  Dr.  Shipman  he 
would  surely  have  to  give  up  the  home  now,  for  the  city  was  burned,  and 
he  replied:  "  God  is  just  as  rich  as  He  ever  was."  The  undiminished  pros- 
perity of  the  home  since  that  period  is  in  itself  a  lesson  to  all  professing 
Christians  whose  faith  is  weak  and  uncertain.  I  scarcely  know  where  to 
stop  when  writing  on  this  subject,  but  as  I  wish  to  add  some  selections  and 
would  not  weary  you,  with  a  few  added  remarks  I  will  close.  The  Lord 
has  mercifully  spared  me  to  a  ripe  old  age,  for  if  living  on  the  27th  day  of 
next  September  I  shall  be  eighty-four  years  of  age,  and  I  have 
already  been  permitted  to  see  one  great-granddaughter  married  and  attend 
the  commencement  exercises  of  the  Chicago  Musical  College  with  another, 
who  upon  that  occasion  received  her  teacher's  certificate.  And  I  also  record 
with  thankfulness  that  the  Lord  has  permitted  me  to  occupy  a  desirable 
position  in  the  church  to  which  I  have  many  years  belonged,  being  one  of 
what  is  called  the  "  early  seven,"  which  I  will  here  explain.  During  the 
year  1849,  through  death  and  removals,  the  Christian  Church,  for  a  time, 
was  not  in  an  organized  condition,  and  of  the  few  remaining,  I  was  told, 
some  were  contemplating  seeking  a  church  home  elsewhere.  I  then  went 
to  talk  with  Brother  M.  H.  Baldwin  and  wife,  and,  being  joined  by 
Brother  and  Sister  Saunders,  who  afterwards  moved  to  Iowa,  we  conferred 
together  and  decided  to  meet  the  following  Lord's  day  for  worship. 
Accordingly,  we  met  as  we  had  proposed,  and  our  number  was  increased 
by  Dr.  Major  and  an  elderly  brother  b}^  the  name  of  Reese  Out  of 
this  small  organization  (having  only  an  earthen  service  pitcher,  still 
preserved  by  the  writer)  has  grown  a  church  numbering  many  hundi'ed 
in  North,  South  and  West  Chicago.  But  of  the  original  seven,  only  Dr. 
Major  and  myself  remain  identified  with  the  present  in  this  city.  I  am 
also  happy  to  know  that  taking  care  of  the  first  babies,  and  subsequent 
events,  have  identified  me  with  one  of  the  noblest  institutions  in  Chicago, 


46  AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

the  Foundlings'  Home.  And  it  is  to  me  a  source  of  satisfaction  and 
thankfulness  that  not  one  sick  baby  that  I  took  care  of  while  there  died; 
and  although  my  connection  with  the  home  has  been  for  nearly  twenty 
years  principally  of  a  business  character  (as  Dr.  Shipman  always  paid  me 
a  liberal  percentage,  both  as  canvasser  and  collector  for  Faith's  Record), 
I  shall  never  cease  to  pray  for  the  prosperity  of  the  home  and  its  faith 
workers.  The  little  paper  Faith's  Record,  which  comes  to  "  stir  up  youf 
pure  minds  by  way  of  remembrance,"  has  from  year  to  year  brought  me 
to  your  doors,  a  recipient  of  your  oft-repeated  and  never-to-be-forgotten 
kindness,  for  which  I  again  thank  you  all,  hoping  this  expression  of  my 
gratitude  may  meet  your  eye  when  I  shall  have  passed  away.  I  know  you 
did  not  show  kindness  for  the  sake  of  thanks,  3'et  we  are  all  human 
enough  to  experience  pleasure  in  knowing  that  our  kindness  is  appreciated 
by  those  upon  whom  it  is  bestowed.  Yet  we  may  rejoice  in  the  thought 
that  though  we  sometimes  suffer  from  the  ingratitude  of  others,  it  will  prove 
as  nothing  if  only  our  names  shall  be  found  written  in  the  "  Lamb's  Book 
of  Life."  And  let  us  hope  that  we  may  all  be  permitted  to  meet  where 
the  flowers  of  love  and  gratitude  are  in  perpetual  bloom,  where  "  the  smile 
of  the  Lord  is  the  feast  of  the  soul."  I  am  not  writing  an  adieu,  for,  if 
the  Lord  permits,  I  hope  again  to  look  upon  your  smiling  faces  and  hear 
your  kindly  greeting.  I  cannot  say,  as  did  the  Apostle  Paul,  that  I  have 
finished  my  course,  for  I  know  not  when  this  earthly  tabernacle  shall  be 
dissolved;  but  I  do  know  that  we  have  "  a  building  of  God,  a  house  not 
made  with  hands,  eternal  in  the  heavens,"  and  lean  saj^  with  Paul, '' I 
have  fought  the  good  fight;  I  have  kept  the  faith;  henceforth  is  laid  up  for 
me  a  crown  of  righteousness,  which  the  Lord,  the  righteous  Judge,  will 
give  me  at  that  day;  and  not  to  me  only,  but  unto  all  them  that  love  his 
appearing."  Ladies,  when  I  have  written  what  I  am  now  about  to,  1  pre- 
sume you  will  consider  it  high  time  for  me  to  close  this  biographical  sketch 
of  myself,  but  I  want  you  to  know  1  have  already  spoken  with  Dr.  Ship- 
man  concerning  my  last  resting-place.  I  said  to  him:  "  As  I  took  care  of 
the  first  home  babies,  it  seems  to  me  appropriate  that  I  should  be  buried 
with  home  babies."     He  thought  so  too,  and  promised,  if  he  outlived  me. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHY.  47 

he  would  see  it  arranged  as  I  desired,  and  a  gentleman  living  in  Austin 
says  if  I  am  brought  to  Forest  Home  to  stay  with  the  babies  he  will  see 
that  I  have  a  monument.  It  seems  to  me  a  beautiful  thought  that  in  the 
morning  of  the  resurrection  I  may  rise,  surrounded  by  these  "  little  ones," 
"  for  of  such,"  said  He,  "  is  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven." 


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AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 


MRS.  I.AURA  DICKEY,  At  THE  AGE  OF  EIGHTY-THREE. 


MISCELLANEOUS.  49 


SERMON. 


Rev,  J.  W.  AivLEN  Discusses  the  Rev.  Alexander  Campbei^i,  and 
Protestantism. 


ALEXANDER  CAMPBELL  AND  HIS  WORK. 


AT  the  West  Side  Christian  Church  the  Rev.  J.  W.  Allen  preached  the  following 
sermon : 

The  life  of  a  great  man  is  always  an  attractive  study,  and  it  loses  none  of  its 
attractiveness  when  it  Is  connected,  as  the  lives  of  great  men  often  are,  with  some 
great  movement  in  history.  Such  lives  are  centers  of  far-reaching  influences;  rep- 
resentatives of  facts  in  human  history;  incarnations,  as  it  were,  of  great  truths  and 
principles.  In  studying  the  lives  of  such  men, we  are  studying  more  than  their  lives — 
we  are  studying  the  lives  of  myriads  of  our  race,  we  are  watching  the  development  of 
great  principles  vitally  related  to  the  well-being  and  progress  of  mankind. 

The  history  of  Martin  Luther,  for  example,  is  more  than  the  history  of  Luther. 
It  is  the  history  of  the  Protestant  reformation  of  the  sixteenth  century.  Not  that  he 
began  that  movement,  for  he  did  not;  there  were  Protestants  long  before  Luther's 
day.  All  such  movements  come  as  the  day  comes.  There  is  a  point  of  time  when 
the  sun  appears  above  the  horizon  and  all  eyes  behold  it.  But  first  there  is  a  faint 
glimmer  of  light  in  the  eastern  sky,  then  a  brighter  red  and  still  brighter,  heralding 
the  day.     There  were 

HERALDS  OF  THE  REFORMATION 
long  before  Luther  rose  like  a  sun  to  scatter  the  long  night  of  Romish  darkness. 
There  were  Huss  in  Bohemia,  and  Savonarola  in  Italy,  and  WicklifFe  in  England,  and 
all  over  Europe  were  hundreds  and  thousands  who  were  hoping  and  longing  for  the 
coming  of  the  day.  All  these  hopes  and  longings  seemed  to  meet  at  length  and 
blend  in  Luther,  and  through  him  broke  forth  in  one  splendid  protest  against  the 
cruel  superstitions  of  the  Church  of  Rome.  And  when,  October  31,  1517,  he  nailed 
his  ninety-five  Latin  theses  to  the  door  of  his  little  wooden  church  at  Wittenberg,  he 
fairly  launched  upon  the  world  the  reformation  of  the  sixteenth  century,  and  became 


50  MISCELLANEOUS. 

under  God  its  leader  and  champion.  I  repeat,  then,  that  in  studying  the  life  of  Luther 
we  are  studying  more  than  one  life;  we  are  studying  the  history  of  the  reformation. 
We  are  studying  a  great  movement  which  has  brought  up  with  it  the  destinies  of 
myriads  of  our  race.  The  same  is  true  of  the  life  of  Alexander  Campbell.  It  possesses 
an  interest  apart  from  itself.  It,  too,  is  a  part  of  the  great  religious  movement,  and 
that  we  may  know  that  this  is  well  worthy  of  our  study  let  us  remember  that 

NO  RELIGIOUS  MOVEMENT 

since  the  day  of  the  Apostles  ever  had  such  rapid  growth.  It  is  only  little  over  half  a  cen- 
tury since  it  was  inaugurated,  and  yet  it  has  outstripped  in  the  race  denominations 
whose  history  dates  back  more  than  two  hundred  years,  and  to-day  only  two  Protest- 
ant denominations  enroll  more  members. 

God  not  only  raises  up  the  men  who  are  to  accomplish  his  purpose  in  the  world, 
He  also  appoints  their  fields  of  labor.  The  Roman  empire  was  made  ready  for  the 
eoming  of  Paul.  The  reformation  of  the  sixteenth  century  would  never  have  been 
what  it  was  had  the  reformer  appeared  among  the  weak  races  of  Southern  Europe 
instead  of  among  the  sturdy  Germans  of  the  North.  Three  of  the  most  important 
events  of  the  world's  history  took  place  about  the  same  time — the  invention  of  the 
printing-press,  the  discovery  of  America  and  the  Lutheran  reformation.  Luther  was 
bom  thirty-five  years  after  the  invention  of  the  printing-press,  and  nine  years  before  the 
discovery  of  the  New  World.  The  art  of  printing  most  powerfully  aided  the  work  of 
Luther.  Indeed,  humanly  speaking,  it  is  not  probable  he  would  have  succeeded  with- 
out it.  All  the  printers  and  booksellers  were  on  the  side  of  Luther  and  helped  to 
circulate  his  work,  whose  pages 

FELL  FROM  THE  PRINTING-PRESS 

like  leaves  from  the  trees  in  autumn,  and  were  borne  by  the  breezes  to  heaven,  to 
every  country  in  Europe,  "and  the  leaves  of  the  tree  were  for  the  healing  of  the 
nations." 

When  Alexander  Campbell,  descended  from  Scotch-Irish  parentage,  related  on 
his  father's  side  to  the  Covenanters  of  Scotland,  and  on  his  mother's  side  to  the 
Huguenots  of  France,  finished  his  education  at  the  University  of  Glasgow,  he  was, 
under  the  providence  of  God,  transferred  to  the  New  World.  New  wine  should  be  put 
into  new  bottles.  God  was  about  to  pour  forth  the  new  wine  of  a  new  religious 
movement,  and  there  was  a  new  world  ready  for  its  reception.  Alexander  Campbell 
landed  in  New  York  City  September  29,  1809,  and  in  the  following  year,  on  July  15, 
delivered  his  first  discourse  in  Washington  County,  Pa.  It  has  been  regarded  as 
singular  that  Alexander  Campbell  should  have  begun  his  preaching  in  the  almost 
wilderness  of  the  New  World,  rather  than  in  some  one  of  its  great  and  growing  sea- 


MISCELLANEOUS.  51 

board  cities.     Had  the  plan  of  beginning  been  left  to  the  election  of  human  wisdom, 
it  would  doubtless  have  been  some  other  than  it  was.     But 

GOD'S  THOUGHTS 
are  not  as  our  thoughts,  nor  His  ways  as  our  ways.  When  He  raised  up  John  the 
Baptist,  He  sent  him  not  to  Jerusalem,  but  into  the  wilderness  of  Judea.  And  the 
ministry  of  Jesus  was  carried  forward  not  in  Judea,  but  in  Galilee,  amid  a  simple, 
less  bigoted  and  less  prejudiced  people  than  those  of  Judea  and  the  Holy  City.  The 
most  fruitful  harvests  are  grown  in  new  soil  freshl}'  broken.  And  the  people  to  whom 
Alexander  Campbell  first  preached  were,  of  all  others,  the  best  fitted  to  receive  the  new 
message  he  was  soon  to  deliver.  They  were  the  pioneers  of  a  new  nation,  the  fore- 
runners of  a  new  civilization,  the  newest,  freshest,  richest  soil  of  humanity,  not  hard- 
beaten  beneath  the  tread  of  immemorial  customs,  not  over-grown  with  the  rank  weeds 
of  prejudice  and  superstition;  but  a  simple-minded  people,  unconventional,  intelligent, 
a  brave  and  liberty-loving  people,  a  people  prepared  of  the  Lord,  ready  to  receive  the 
scattered  grains  of  fruit  from  the  sower  He  would  provide. 

I  once  saw  a  beautiful  water-lily  growing  up  out  of  a  rank  and  loathsome  pool. 
When  we  come  to  study  the  reformation  of  Luther  in  Germany,  and  the 

REFORMATION  OF  WESLEY 
in  England,  we  find  they  are  like  beautiful  lilies  growing  up  out  of  loathsome  pools. 
When  Luther  appeared  upon  the  scene,  the  Church  of  Rome  was  utterly  corrupt; 
some  of  the  popes  had  been  murderers,  libertines  and  sensualists.  In  1510  Luther 
made  a  visit  to  Rome  and  saw  with  his  own  eyes  the  shameless  wickedness  of  the 
church;  saw  convents  full  of  lazy  and  luxurious  monks;  saw  the  priests  hurrying 
through  the  mass  and  expressing  atheistic  sentiments  in  the  midst  of  the  most  solemn 
services,  and  he  carried  away  such  an  impression  that  he  afterward  said,  "I 
would  not  for  hundreds  of  thousands  of  florins  have  missed  seeing  Rome.  If  I  had 
not  seen  it  I  might  have  been  troubled  lest  I  had  been  unjust  to  the  Pope."  The 
immediate  occasion  of  Luther's  attack  on  Rome  was  the  sale  of  indulgences.  An 
indulgence  was  a  license  to  commit  sin.  These  indulgences,  like  a  license 
to  sell  liquor,  were  sold  to  any  one  who  could  pay  the  price.  Tetzel,  the  vender  of 
them  in  Gel-man)-,  said:  "There  is  no  sin  so  great  that  an  indulgence  cannot  remit; 
and  even  if  any  one  had  offered  violence  to  the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary,  mother  of  God, 
let  him  pay,  only  let  him  pay  well,  and  all  will  be  forgiven  him."  The  indulgence, 
too,  was  able  to  free  a  soul  from  purgatory.  "At  the  very  instant,"  said  Tetzel, 
' '  that  the  money  rolls  at  the  bottom  of  the  chest,  the  soul  is  liberated, 

ESCAPES  FROM  PURGATORY 
and  flies  to  heaven."     When  this  man  came  to   Luther's  town  selling  indulgences^ 
the  lion  in  Luther  was  aroused,  and  he  began  his  war  on  Rome. 


52  MISCELLANEOUS. 

The  same  is  true  of  the  Wesley  reformation.  Religion  in  England  was  at  a  very 
low  ebb.  A  converted  preacher  was  as  rare  as  a  comet.  Religion  was  likened  to  a 
frozen  or  palsied  carcass.  The  preaching  of  the  Gospel  had  almost  ceased;  the  ser- 
mons were  moral  essays;  the  spiritual  religion  was  buried  under  forms  and  cere- 
monies. The  clergy  were  usually  sons  of  the  gentry,  and  spent  their  time  mostly  in 
drinking,  hunting  and  riotous  living.  Such  was  the  condition  of  religion  in  Eng- 
land, especiallj-  in  the  established  church,  when  John  Wesley  was  bom  in  Epw^orth 
in  1703. 

The  Church  of  Rome  is  a  great  spiritual  despotism.  It  denies  to  the  people  the 
right  to  interpret  for  themselves  the  Word  of  God.  One  of  the  positions  taken  by 
Luther  in  his  war  on  Rome  was  the  right  of  every  man  to  interpret  the  Bible  for  him- 
self. This  is  one  of  the  principles  of  Protestantism.  This  principle,  so  true  and  so 
necessary  to  the  life  of  religion,  may  be  abused.  It  began  to  be  abused  before  Luther 
died. 

LIBERTY  RAN  INTO  LICENSE, 
and  numerous  sects  and  denominations  began  to  appear.  Christ  formed  one  church 
— "On  this  rock  will  I  build  my  church,"  not  churches.  He  prayed  that  His  fol- 
lowers might  be  one.  The  early  Christians  were  of  one  heart  and  one  mind,  and 
when  divisions  began  to  appear  they  were  promptly  rebuked.  Protestant  Christendom 
is,  however,  in  singular  contrast  with  this.  There  are  scores  of  religious  parties. 
Fifty  years  ago  the  feeling  between  these  parties  was  bitter  in  the  extreme.  Each 
party  strove  for  supremacy,  each  maintained  its  peculiarities  with  a  zeal  as  ardent  and 
persecuting  as  the  laws  of  the  land  would  permit.  The  distinguished  tenets  of  each 
party  were  constantly  thundered  from  the  pulpit.  Thej'  would  not  commune  with 
each  other;  they  would  not  attend  each  other's  meeting,  and  if  they  did  were  liable 
to  the  discipline  of  their  church.  Such  was  the  uncompromising  spirit  prevailing 
that  the  most  trivial  things  would  produce  a  division,  and  members  were  known  to 
break  off  from  their  congregations  because  the  preacher  presumed  to  give  out  before 
singing  two  lines  of  a  hymn  instead  of  one,  as  had  been  the  custom.  Against  these 
unscriptural  divisions 

ALEXANDER  CAMPBELL 
raised  his  voice,  and  as  the  Lutheran  Reformation  was  occasioned  by  the  corruption 
in  the  Church  of  Rome,  and   that  of  Wesley  by  the   impurity  and  irreligion  of  the 
Church  of  England,  so  the  religious  movement  led  by  Alexander  Campbell  was  occa- 
sioned by  the  divided  condition  of  Protestant  Christendom. 

In  the  year  1501  Martin  Luther  became  a  student  at  the  University  of  Erfurth, 
then  the  most  celebrated  school  of  Europe.  One  day,  as  was  his  custom,  he  entered 
the  library  and  opened  many  books  to  find  the  author's  names.  One  volume  attracted 


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his  attention.  He  had  never  until  then,  however,  seen  its  like.  He  read  the  title. 
It  was  a  Bible.  His  interest  was  greatly  excited.  His  heart  beat  wildly  as  he  held 
the  divinely  inspired  volume  in  his  hand.  With  indescribable  emotion  he  turned  its 
pages.  He  went  to  his  room  with  a  full  heart.  "  Oh,  that  God  would  give  me  such  a 
book  for  myself,"  he  thought.  He  returned  to  the  library  to  pore  over  the  new-found 
treasure.  He  read  it  again  and  again,  and  then,  in  his  astonishment  andjoy,  returned 
to  read  it  once  more.  In  that  Bible  lay  hidden  the  great  Reformation.  Just  twenty 
years  after  Luther  entered  the  University  of  Erfurth,  where  he  found  the  Bible,  he  was 
summoned  by  Charles  V.,  Emperor  of  Germany,  to  appear  before  the  Imperial  Council 
of  Princes  of  the  Empire  to  answer  the  charges  against  him.  He  went,  and  before 
the  Emperor  and  Princes  gave  his  reason  for  his  position,  first  in  German  and  then 
in  Latin.  They  replied,  "We  want  no  reasons,  but  short  answers.  Will  you  recant? 
Yes  or  no?"     Luther  gave 

THE  MEMORABLE  REPLY 
"  I  will  give  an  answer,  an  answer  without  teeth  or  horns.  This  is  my  answer:  Con- 
vince me  by  clear  proofs  of  Scripture  and  sufficient  reasons,  and  I  submit.  The  Popes 
and  Councils  have  often  erred.  I  can  not  deny  plain  Scripture  at  their  command. 
It  is  not  safe  nor  wise  to  act  against  one's  conscience.  Here  I  stand  ;  I  can  not  do 
otherwise.  God  help  me,  amen." 

Luther's  reformation  grew  out  of  the  Bible.  His  appeal  was  to  the  Bible.  His 
great  work  was  the  translation  of  the  Bible  into  German.  The  saipe  is  true  of  the 
Wesleyan  reformation.  It  also  grew  out  of  the  Bible.  Members  of  the  Holy  Club, 
to  which  he  belonged  at  Oxford,  were  called  "  Bible  moths,"  "  Bible  bigots."  Wes- 
ley was  anointed  with  the  same  spirit  that  was  in  Luther — a  desire  to  live  to  God  and 
to  do  the  will  of  God.  Luther  does  not  belong  to  the  Lutheran  Church;  no  church 
can  confine  his  spirit,  nor  appropriate  his  name  and  fame.  Wesley  doesn't  belong 
to  the  Methodist  Church,  and  never  did. 

THESE  WERE  GOD'S  MEN, 
and  were  His  gifts  to  the  race.     They  did  not  get  all  of  the  truths  out  of  the  Bible. 
Who  has  ?      But  they  took  it  for  their  guide  and  practiced  what  they  believed  it 
taught. 

Mr.  Campbell  did  the  same  thing.  He  opened  the  Bible  and  said:  "When  the 
Bible  speaks,  I  will  speak;  when  the  Bible  is  silent,  I  will  be  silent."  When  Wes- 
ley studied  the  Bible  he  saw  some  things  that  Luther  did  not  see.  He  did  what 
Luther  would  have  done — accepted  them,  taught  them,  practiced  them.  When  Alex- 
ander Campbell  studied  the  Bible  he  saw  some  things  that  neither  Wesley  nor  Luther 
saw.  He  did  what  they  would  have  done — accepted  them,  taught  them,  practiced 
them.    The  position  that  Mr.  Campbell  followed  in  the  line  of  the  great  reformer  who 


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had  come  before  needs  some  qualification.  It  is  no  disparagement  to  these  illustrious 
men  to  say  that  Alexander  Campbell  saw  with  a  clearer  vision  and  a  broader  view 
than  they.     He  lived  in  an  advanced  period  of  the  world's  history.     He  stood 

UPON  A  LOFTIER  EMINENCE. 
The  air  was  purer,  his  vision  had  a  wider  range.  The  question  is  often  asked  me, 
"  How  does  your  church  differ  from  other  churches  ?  "  I  have  not  always  found  it 
easy  to  answer  the  questions  in  a  few  words,  either  to  my  own  satisfaction  or  to  that  of 
the  person  asking  it.  I  want  to  say,  however,  that  there  is  a  difference,  a  difference  that 
is  radical.  And  it  grows  out  of  the  difference  between  the  work  that  Alexander  Camp- 
bell sought  to  do,  and  the  work  that  such  distinguished  reformers  as  Luther  and  Wes- 
ley sought  to  accomplish.  Luther's  and  Wesley's  work  may  properly  be  called  a 
reformation.  They  sought  to  reform  the  churches  of  which  they  were  members.  Mr. 
Campbell  sought,  not  so  much  to  repair  defects  in  modern  Christianity,  as  to  restore 
primitive  Christianity.  He  said,  "We  will  go  back  to  the  beginning;  we  will  take 
up  the  work  where  the  apostles  left  it;  the  stream  of  Christianity  has  become  muddy 
and  unwholesome;  we  will  go  back  to  the  fountain  where  the  waters  are  pure;  we  will 
go  back  beyond  councils  and  synod;  we  will  put  aside  all  man-made  creeds  and  con- 
fessions and  systems  of  theology,  and  sit  at  the  feet  of  the  Great  Father  and  His 
Apostles."  In  following  out  this  purpose,  Mr.  Campbell  and  those  associated  with 
him  were  compelled  to  do  some  things  that  were  singular.  They  said:  We  will 
organize  congregations  of  believers  as  they  were  organized  by  the  apostles;  we  will 
give  them  no  human  name,  but  the  name  we  find  in  the  Bible.  In  speaking  of  our 
race  there  are  two  names,  and  only  two,  that 

INDICATE  UNIVERSALITY, 
the  name  Man  and  the  name  Christian.  All  other  names  are  local;  all  other  names 
tend  to  divide;  all  other  names  lie  more  or  less  at  the  foundation  of  rival  interests;  but 
the  name  Man  and  the  name  Christian  lie  at  the  foundation  of  universal  brotherhood; 
as  men  we  are  one  in  Adam,  as  Christians  we  are  one  in  Christ.  We  will  take  the  name 
Christian,  they  said,  and  call  our  congregations  Churches  of  Christ.  We  will  adopt 
no  human  creed  and  no  man-made  robes  of  government.  If  the  creed  contains  less 
than  the  Bible,  it  contains  too  little;  if  it  contains  more  than  the  Bible,  it  contains 
too  much;  if  it  contains  neither  more  nor  less  than  the  Bible,  but  is  just  like  the 
Bible,  we  have  no  use  for  it,  for  we  have  tlie  Bible,  believing  "  that  all  Scripture  given 
by  inspiration  of  God  is  profitable  for  doctrine,  for  reproof,  for  correction,  for  instruc- 
tion in  righteousness,  that  the  man  of  God  may  be  perfect,  thoroughly  furnished  to  all 
good  work."' 

When  an\'  one  asks  admission  into  the  church  we  will  not  ask  him  to  relate  his 
experience  or  subscribe  to  a  doctrinal  statement  of  belief,  but  will  do  as  the  Apostles 


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did,  question  him  about  just  one  thing,  his  faith  in  Christ.  "  He  that  hath  the  Son 
hath  life."  In  the  recent  Congress  of  Churches  at  Cleveland,  the  creed  problem  was 
■up  for  discussion,  and  the  question  was,  "  How  may  modern  creeds  be  so  revised  as  to 
be  no  longer  a  source  of  discord  or 

DISUNION  AMONG  CHRISTIANS?" 

Brother  B.  B.  Tyler,  representing  us  in  the  congress,  made  a  speech  on  the  question 
which  was  received  with  prolonged  and  rapturous  applause.  The  solution  proposed 
for  the  difficulty,  seemingly  new  to  the  congress,  has  for  fifty  years  been  one  of  our 
hobbies;  that  is,  "  Instead  of  revising  modern  creeds,  restore  the  primitive  creed." 
"  Believe  on  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  and  thou  shalt  be  saved."  The  object  ofthe  faith  that 
saves  the  soul  is  not  a  doctrine,  however  true,  nor  a  system  of  theology,  however  scrip- 
tural, but  a  person,  and  that  person  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Under  the  Ptolemaic  sys- 
tem of  astronomy  it  was  held  that  the  earth  was  the  center  of  the  solar  system.  As 
long  as  this  was  accepted  as  true,  there  were  confusion  and  disorder  everywhere.  There 
were  difficulties  the  astronomers  could  not  solve;  mysteries  they  could  not  unravel. 
But  Copernicus  at  length  announced  the  true  order  of  the  heavens.  The  sun  was  the 
center.  All  difficulties  were  then  solved.  Around  the  center  the  earth  and  all  the 
planets  moved  in  orderly  course,  each  keeping  time  to  the  music  of  the  spheres. 
Christ  is  the  center  of 

THE  CHRISTIAN  SYSTEM. 

Put  anything  else  in  the  center  and  there  is  confusion.  Take  your  reckonings  from 
Him  as  the  Central  Sun,  holding  that  trust  in  Hira  and  loyalty  to  Him  make  one  a 
Christian,  and  all  disorider  begins  to  disappear.  If  any  one  asks  :  "  What  must  I  do 
to  be  saved?  "  we  will  give  the  answer  given  by  the  apostles.  Faith  in  Christ,  repent- 
ance toward  God  and  baptism  into  the  name  of  the  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Spirit,  were 
the  conditions  upon  which  they  promised  the  forgiveness  of  sins.  We  will  observe  the 
Lord's  Supper  every  first  day  of  the  week,  for  this  was  the  primitive  practice.  In  all 
of  our  congregations  there  shall  be  bishops  and  deacons,  for  that  was  the  divine  order; 
and  then  we  will  call  upon  all  Christians  to  unite  on  the  Word  of  God,  rejecting  as 
martyrs  of  religious  faith  and  practice  everything  for  which  we  cannot  give  a  "Thus 
saith  the  Lord." 

In  union  there  is  strength.  A  hundred  barrels  of  powder,  a  handful  here  and  a 
handful  there,  fired,  will  burn  and  produce  some  concussion;  but  bring  it  together  as 
they  did  in  New  York  harbor,  powder  and  dynamite,  grain  to  grain,  barrel  to  barrel; 
stretch  through  the  whole  mass  the  electric  wire;  let  on  the  current,  and  there  is  an 
explosion  that  shakes  the  earth  and 


56  MISCELLANEOUS. 

RENDS  THE  ROCKS  OF  HELL  GATE. 
God's  people  are  a  scattered  people,  toiling  on  a  church  here  and  a  church  there,  hav- 
ing some  power,  and  each  doing  something  to  bring  the  world  to  Christ;  but  bring 
them  together,  unite  them  in  bonds  of  Christian  love,  and  then  let  on  the  fire  that 
comes  from  the  touch  of  the  finger  of  God,  and  something  will  have  to  give  way.  We 
have  the  promises  of  the  Savior  that  the  gates  of  hell  shall  never  prevail  against  the 
church,  but  the  church  thus  united  would  soon  prevail  against  the  gates  of  hell. 
"  Neither  pray  I  for  this  alone,  but  for  those  also  who  shall  believe  on  me  through 
their  word,  that  they  may  be  one  as  Thou,  Father,  art  in  me  and  I  in  Thee;  that  they 
may  be  one  in  us,  that  the  world  may  believe  that  Thou  hast  sent  me."  Christian 
union  is  the  need  of  the  hour.  There  are  forces  at  work  in  modern  society  not  only 
antagonistic  to  Christianity,  but  to  the  order  and  progress  of  society;  elements  of 
darkness  and  disorder,  such  as 

RUM,  ROMANISM  AND  SOCIALISM, 
which  will  ere  long  compel  Christians  to  abandon  their  petty  strifes,  and  their  sense- 
less divisions  and  unite  on  the  Word  of  God,  not  only  for  self-protection,  but  for  the 
order  and  happiness  of  society.  God  hasten  the  day!  Two  men-of-war  met  on  the 
high  seas.  In  the  darkness  of  night,  mistaking  each  other  for  enemies,  they  opened 
fire,  and  all  through  the  night  the  battle  raged.  But  as  the  morning  dawned  they 
looked  and,  lo  !  each  was  flying  the  British  flag.  They  saluted  each  other  and  at 
once  prepared  to  meet  the  foe  that  was  coming  down  upon  them.  Brethren  of  all  the 
churches,  if  we  be  Christians  we  are  flying  the  same  flag,  and  now  in  the  growing 
light  it  is  time  to  salute  each  other  and  get  ready  to  meet  the  common  foe,  even  now 
bearing  down  upon  us. 


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A  NARRATIVE. 


The  following  narrative  was  related  by  Anthony  Sherman,  an  octoge- 
narian, who  heard  the  account  from  Washington's  own  lips: 

"  The  darkest  period  of  our  Republic  was  the  year  1777,  when  Wash- 
ington, after  experiencing  many  reverses,  went  into  winter  quartere  at 
Valley  Forge.  Often  I  observed  tears  course  down  the  cheeks  of  our  be- 
loved commander  when  he  was  considering  the  sufferings  of  his  brave 
soldiers. 

"  Washington  was  in  the  habit  of  praying  in  secret  and  calling  upon 
God  for  assistance,  and  it  was  only  by  the  help  of  God  we  passed  safely 
through  those  days  of  adversity. 

"  One  day  Washington  spent  the  whole  afternoon  in  his  room  alone. 
When  he  came  out  I  observed  that  he  was  much  paler  than  usual,  when  he 
related  to  me  the  following: 

Whilst  I  was  sitting  at  my  table  this  afternoon,  engaged  in  writing, 
and  my  mind  heavy  with  sorrow,  I  suddenly  observed  directly  opposite  to 
me  a  most  beautiful  female. 

He  was  Surprised. 

I  was  so  much  surprised,  for  I  had  given  strict  orders  not  to  be  dis- 
turbed, that  I  could  not  find  words  at  the  moment  to  enquire  the  object  of 
this  unexpected  visit.  Two,  three,  and  even  four  times  I  repeated  the 
question  without  receiving  an  answer,  the  only  effect  being  that  she  raised 
her  eyes  a  little.  I  now  experienced  a  most  curious  sensation  spread  over 
my  whole  body.  1  wished  to  rise  from  my  seat,  but  the  steady  gaze  of  my 
mysterious  visitor  kept  me  spellbound.  I  again  tried  to  speak  to  her,  but 
my  tongue  was  tied.  An  unknown,  mysterious,  irresistible  power  had 
taken  me  prisoner.     I  could  do   nothing  else  but  steadily  gaze  at  the  ap- 


58  MISCELLANEOUS. 

parition.  Gradually  the  room  filled  with  light,  and  the  form  grew  more 
clear  and  bright.  M}'  feelings  were  those  of  a  dying  man;  I  could  neither 
think  nor  act.  My  steady  gaze  at  the  figure  was  all  I  was  aware  of.  I  now 
heard  a  voice  which  said:  "Son  of  the  Republic,  behold  and  learn!  "  At 
the  same  time  the  figure  stretched  out  its  arm  and  pointed  with  the  finger 
toward  the  East.  Light  clouds  arose  in  the  distance,  which  dispersed  and 
revealed  to  my  eyes  a  most  astonishing  picture. 

AU  the  Earth. 

Before  me  all  the  countries  of  the  earth  were  spread  out — Europe, 
Asia,  Africa  and  America.  Between  Europe  and  America  I  saw  the  waves 
of  the  Atlantic  Ocean  toss  backward  and  forward,  and  between  America  and 
Asia  the  waves  of  the  Pacific  Ocean. 

Again  I  heard  the  voice:  "Son  of  the  Republic,  behold  and  learnl  " 
Immediately  a  dark  form  like  that  of  an  angel  appeared  over  the  ocean  be- 
tween Europe  and  America.  It  then  dipped  water  from  the  ocean  with 
both  hands,  and  with  its  right  sprinkled  it  over  America,  and  with  its  left 
over  Europe.  Immediately  dark  clouds  arose  from  both  of  these  countries, 
which  met  in  the  middle  of  the  ocean;  here  they  remained  stationary  for  a 
while,  then  moved  westward  and  wrapped  America  in  darkness.  Lightning 
flashed  through  the  dark  clouds,  and  I  heard  the  groaning  and  the  shrieking 
of  the  American  people.  Again  the  angel  dipped  water  from  the  ocean  and 
sprinkled  it  as  before.     The  black  clouds  withdrew  and  sank  into  the  sea. 

Saw  America. 

For  the  third  time  I  heard  the  voice:  "  Son  of  the  Republic,  behold 
and  learn! "  I  looked  toward  America  and  saw  populous  villages  and  cities 
from  the  Atlantic  coast  to  the  Pacific  Ocean.  Again  I  heard  the  mysteri- 
ous voice:  "  Son  of  the  Republic,  the  end  of  the  century  is  near  at  hand. 
Behold  and  learn!  "  The  dark  form  of  the  angel  then  turned  toward  the 
South,  and  coming  from  Africa  I  observed  a  horrible  phantom  making  its 
way  to  our  country.  It  floated  slowly  and  heavily  over  our  towns  and  the 
country;  the  inhabitants  arose  to  make  war  on  each  other,  and  formed  in 


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battle  array.  As  1  looked  at  this  scene  I  observed  an  angel  surrounded 
with  light;  on  his  head  he  wore  a  beautiful  crown,  on  which  was  inscribed 
the  word  "Union."  In  his  hand  he  held  the  American  flag.  This  he 
planted  between  the  contending  armies,  crying  out:  "  Remember  you  are 
brothers!" 

Immediately  the  nations  threw  away  their  arms,  became  friends  again, 
and  gathered  around  the  flag. 

Heard  a  Voice. 

Again  I  heard  the  mysterious  voice:  "  Son  of  the  Republic,  the  second 
danger  is  past.  Behold  and  learn!"  And  I  saw  villages  and  cities  steadily 
increase  in  size  and  number  until  the  whole  country  was  covered  with 
them,  the  whole  extent,  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific  Ocean,  and  the 
nation  had  multiplied  in  as  countless  numbers  as  the  stars  in  heaven  or  the 
sands  on  the  sea  shore.  Again  I  heard  the  voice:  "  Son  of  the  Republic, 
the  end  of  the  century  is  at  hand.  Behold  and  learn!  "  The  dark  angel 
then  put  a  trumpet  to  his  mouth,  blew  it  three  times,  then  dipped  out  some 
water  from  the  sea  with  his  hand  and  sprinkled  it  over  Europe,  Asia  and 
Africa.  My  eyes  now  beheld  a  most  terrible  scene.  From  each  of  these  coun- 
tries dark,  heavy  clouds  arose  and  united  in  one  mass;  through  this  mass 
dark  red  lightning  played.  I  saw  troops  of  armed  men  advancing,  and 
then  sail  across  the  sea  to  America,  which  was  immediately  covered  bj^  the 
black  cloud.  And  I  saw  how  these  immense  armies  desolated  the  land  and 
laid  towns  and  villages  in  ashes.  I  heard  the  roar  of  cannon,  the  clashing  of 
swords,  the  cry  of  the  victorious  and  vanquished  millions  engaged  in 
deadly  strife;  when  again  I  heard  the  mysterious  voice  proclaim:  "Son  of 
the  Republic,  behold  and  learn! "  The  dark  angel  then  took  up  the 
trumpet  and  gave  one  long  and  terrible  blow.  Suddenly  a  light  burst  forth 
and  drove  away  the  dark  cloud  hovering  over  America.  At  the  same  time 
I  saw  the  angel  with  the  beautiful  crown,  on  which  was  inscribed  the  word 
"  Union,"  descend  from  heaven,  holding  in  one  hand  the  Star  Spangled 
Banner,  and  in  the  other  a  sword,  and  accompanied  by  legions  of  lieavenly 
spirits.     These  united   with   the   American    people    when   the   latter   were 


60  MISCELLANEOUS. 

almost  overpowered,  and  they  took  fresh  courage  and  formed  in  battle 
array.  Again,  amid  the  horrible  noise  of  war,  I  heard  the  mysterious  voice: 
"  Son  of  the  Republic,  behold  and  learn!  " 

For  the  Last  Time. 

After  this  voice  the  dark  angel  dipped  out  water  for  the  last  time  from 
the  sea  and  sprinkled  it  over  America,  and  immediately  the  dark  cloud 
retreated  with  its  armies,  which  it  had  brought  along,  leaving  the  victory 
to  the  Americans. 

1  then  again  saw  towns  and  villages  rise  in  the  same  places  where  they 
had  stood  before,  while  the  heavenly  angel  planted  the  Star  Spangled 
Banner  among  the  people  with  a  loud  voice:  "As  long  as  the  stars  are  in 
heaven,  and  as  long  as  the  dew  descends  from  heaven  to  earth,  so  long  shall 
this  republic  exist."  • 

At  the  same  time  he  took  the  beautiful  crown  from  his  head,  on  which 
was  inscribed  the  word  "  Union,"  placed  it  on  the  Star  Spangled  Banner,  and, 
kneeling  down,  cried  out,  "Amen!"  The  apparition  then  appeared  before 
me  in  my  room,  and  again  I  heard  the  voice:  "  Son  of  the  Republic,  what 
you  have  seen  is  explained  as  follows: 

The  Close. 

"  Three  dangers  will  come  over  this  republic.  The  second  is  most  to 
be  dreaded.  When  this  one  is  past  the  whole  world  cannot  conquer  her. 
Let  every  child  of  the  republic  learn  to  serve  his  God,  his  country  and  the 
Union." 

With  these  words  the  form  vanished.  I  arose  from  my  chair  with  the 
conviction  that  the  birth,  progress  and  fate  of  the  United  States  of  America 
had  been  revealed  to  me. 

"These  words,"  says  Mr.  Sherman,  "I  heard  from  General  Washing- 
ton's own  lips." 

We  know  that  the  first  two  sections  of  the  vision  have  been  fulfilled. 
The  last  is  now  upon  us.  The  reason  for  so  vivid  a  picturing  of  the  future 
of  this  country  before  him  was  because  he  needed  a  strong  re-assurance  from 


MISCELLANEOUS.  61 

some  quarter.     He  had  come  to  where  he  could  not  be  pacified  with  the 
ordinary  helps  of  his  mind's  reasonings  or  his  religious  convictions. 


REMARKS   OF   NAPOLEON  I,  CAPTIVE  OF  ST. 

HELENA. 


In  the  course  of  a  few  years  Russia  will  have  Constantinople,  part  of 
Turkey  and  all  of  Greece.  This  I  hold  to  be  as  certain  as  if  it  had  already 
taken  place.  All  the  cajolery  and  flattery  that  Alexander  practiced  upon 
me  was  to  gain  my  consent  to  effect  that  object.  I  would  not  give  it,  fore- 
seeing that  the  equilibrium  of  Europe  would  be  destroyed.  In  the  natural 
course  of  things  Turkey  must  fall  to  Russia.  The  powers  it  would  injure, 
and  who  would  oppose  it,  are  England,  France,  Austria  and  Prussia.  Now, 
as  to  Austria,  it  would  be  very  easy  to  secure  her  assistance  by  giving  her 
Servia  and  other  provinces  bordering  on  Austrian  dominions,  reaching  near 
to  Constantinople.  The  only  hypothesis  that  France  and  England  will  ever 
be  allied  with  anything  like  sincerity  will  be  to  prevent  this,  but  even  this 
alliance  will  not  avail. 

France,  England  and  Prussia  united  cannot  prevent  it.  Russia  and 
Austria  can  at  any  time  effect  it.  Once  mistress  of  Constantinople,  Russia 
gets  all  the  commerce  of  the  Mediterranean,  becomes  a  great  naval  power, 
and  God  knows  what  may  happen. 

The  object  of  my  invasion  of  Russia  was  to  prevent  this,  by  the  inter- 
position between  her  and  Turkey  of  a  new  state,  which  I  meant  to  call  into 
existence  as  a  barrier  to  her  eastern  encroachments. 

Turkey  will  not  long  serve  as  a  wall  between  Russia  and  the  Mediter- 
ranean. Any  rectification  of  the  map  of  Europe  that  accepts  Turkey  as  a 
breakwater  to  the  waves  of  Russia's  ambition  will  prove  worthless.  The 
Moslem  has  served  his  purpose.  He  has  done  his  work,  and,  wasting  daily, 
he  must  soon  pass  away.     The  great  sacrifices  made  from  185,4  to  1856  to 


62  MISCELLANEOUS. 

preserve  Turkey  have  served  only  to  exhaust  and  waste  her.  "  Weighed 
and  found  wanting,  and  given  to  another"  is  her  doom. 

Among  the  man}*^  methods  employed  b}'  Russia  in  her  pursuit  of  un- 
limited dominion,  two  are  i-emarkable.  They  are  practiced  chief! }•  toward 
her  less  civilized  and  less  powerful  neighbors. 

One  is  to  keep  a  body  of  Russian  troops  by  friendly  agreement  in  the 
territories  of  some  other  state,  serving  that  state  and  receiving  its  pay 
for  a  given  period.  The  other  is  to  raise  a  force,  and  this  also  in  an  amica- 
ble and  preconcerted  manner,  among  the  inhabitants  of  a  foreign  contermin- 
ous region,  to  draft  that  force  into  Russia,  to  maintain  it  with  Russian 
money,  and  to  incorporate  it  more  or  less  permanently  with  the  Russian 
armj. 

Both  of  these  expedients  have,  respectively,  important  effects.  The 
first  teaches  the  Russian  soldier  everything  that  a  future  invader  might 
find  it  necessary  to  learn  of  the  resources,  manners,  temper  and  geographi- 
cal condition  of  the  people  amid  whom  he  is  thus  temporarily  domesti- 
cated. He  notes  the  weak  points  and  the  strong,  and  hereafter  can  clearly 
show  to  his  government  what  should  be  avoided,  what  may  be  seized,  what 
precautions  are  requisitcj  what  opportunities  exist,  how  the  whole  work  of 
occupation  should  be  managed.  He  is  making  a  long  reconnoissance,  and 
on  a  grand  scale.     More  than  this,  he  is  becoming  acclimatized. 

In  the  other  case,  where  Russia  levies  a  foi'eign  body,  drafts  them  into 
her  territory  and  pays  them,  equal  efifects  are  produced.  They  are  not  like 
those  Russian  troops  of  whom  we  have  just  spoken,  and  whom  the  Czar 
loans  to  a  neighbor  now  and  then;  they  are  not,  like  those  troops,  dis- 
ciplined soldiei"s,  still  under  orders  of  their  own  officers,  and  those  officers 
carefully  selected,  holding  constant  communication  with  their  own  country, 
changed  and  replaced  at  will. 

No!  they  are  foreign  troops  commanded  by  Russian  officers.  They  are 
troops  who  are  taught  and  drilled  in  Russia,  who  are  under  control  of 
Russia,  and  who  see  only  just  what  she  pleases.  When  Russia  withdraws 
her  auxiliary  contingents,  she  withdraws  spies;  but  when  she  disbands  lier 
other  class  of  troops  and  sends  them  back  to  their  own  land,  she  sends  back 


miscellanp:ous.  63 

emissaries,  agents  and  proselj'tes,  who  prepare  the  way  in  their  simple 
homesteads  for  the  coming  of  the  double-headed  eagles  under  which  they 
have  served,  and  for  the  coming,  moreover,  of  some  old  comrade  in  high  com- 
mand, who,  perchance,  having  displayed  superior  abilities,  has  been  pro- 
moted and  induced  to  naturalize  himself  in  Russia,  and  to  accept  the 
allegiance  of  a  state  which  loads  him  with  crafty  and  insidious  distinctions.  • 

Doubtless  the  disbanded  and  returned  troops  could  teach  their  coun- 
trymen something  of  the  defenses  of  Russia,  in  the  same  manner  as  the 
Russian  contingent  can  give  the  converse  information. 

But  terms  are  not  equal.  There  is  no  question  even  of  invading  Russia 
among  those  feeble  communities;  but  in  Russia  their  invasion  or  absorption 
is  a  business  quite  within  practical  realization  and  duly  predetermined. 

This  double  system  has  been  long  pursued  by  the  huge  despotism  of  the 
East  all  around  its  lower  frontiers — from  the  shores  of  the  Caspian  and  of 
the  Azof,  down  to  those  of  the  Black  Sea — among  all  the  tribes  of  the  Cauca- 
sus who  could  be  brought  into  that  dangerous  intercourse,  and  among  the 
dependencies  of  Persia. 


64  MISCELLANEOUvS. 


WOMAN'S  WORK. 


Mrs.  J.  E.  Chace. 


From  the  Mishawaka  Enterprise. 

What  is  it?  The  answer  given  to  this  inquiry  by  the  "  Lords  of  Creation  "  has 
become  stereotyped.  That  woman  must  marry,  cook  her  husband's  dinner,  iron  his 
shirts,  tidy  the  house  and  wash  the  children's  faces  has,  we  think,  been  conceded 
ever  since  Mother  Eve  took  her  first  lesson  in  housewiferj-.  And  we  were  willing — 
oh,  how  willing! — to  intrust  all  that  pertained  to  the  public  good  to  those  who  were 
accounted  our  superiors.  And  had  they  as  faithfully  discharged  their  duty  when 
considering  the  public  weal  as  did  woman  in  the  daily  routine  of  domestic  life, 
then,  indeed,  it  might  not  have  become  necessarj-  for  her  to  step  out  of  the  pre- 
scribed limit  into  a  wider  field  of  action.  But,  alas  !  There  came  a  day  when  it  dawned 
upon  woman's  feeble  intellect  that  something  was  amiss;  that  those  to  whom  she  had 
blindly  confided  the  interests  of  this  great  commonwealth  had  either  ignorantly  or 
designedly  betrayed  the  trust  reposed  in  them.  The  evil  which  in  its  incipiency  had 
been  overlooked,  or  willingly  ignored,  had  been  permitted  to  assume  gigantic  pro- 
portions; brooding  like  a  bird  of  ill  omen  until,  like  a  pall,  it  overspread  and 
darkened  the  fair  face  of  civilization;  blighting  and  destroying  all  who  succumbed  to 
its  evil  power.  And  she  whose  home  had  been  the  sweetest,  holiest  spot  on  God's 
green  earth  found  herself  thrust  out;  her  children  beggared;  and  she,  together  with 
them,  made  the  victims  of  such  cruelty  as  only  a  drunken  husband  and  father  would 
inflict;  and  to  her  dismay  she  found  for  all  this  there  was  no  redress;  for  the  same 
evil  presence  polluted  our  halls  of  legislation  and  defiled  the  lowliest  hut;  and  with 
blanched  cheek  and  quivering  lip  she  prayed  (for  I  had  forgotten  to  mention  that  this 
privilege  had  been  granted  her  in  addition  to  those  already  named),  prayed  oh  how 
eamestl}',  that  He  who  sitteth  upon  the  throne  might  pity  and  assist  her  in  tl^^s  terrible 
emergency,  and  seeking  consolation  in  His  word,  she  read,  "  Faith  without  works  is 
dead,  being  alone."  Thus  were  the  eyes  of  her  understanding  opened,  and,  endeavor- 
ing to  walk  the  divinely  appointed  way,  she  has  since  "shown  her  faith  by  her 


MISCELLANEOUS.  65 

works."  Although  in  the  performance  of  this  necessary  work  we  find  ourselves  hedged 
about  and  circumscribed,  yet  we  hear  the  precious  voice  of  the  Master  saying,  "She 
hath  done  what  she  could."  We  are  not  discouraged  because  we  have  not  been 
able  in  a  short  space  of  time — with  hands  tied — to  unravel  all  the  intricacies  which  the 
sterner  sex  have  spent  years  in  weaving,  but,  working  patiently  on,  we  are  enabled  to 
oflFer  the  prayer  ot  faith,  which  asks  deliverance  from  this  monster,  which  finds  no 
place  too  high  or  too  low  for  his  occupancy.  And  we  know  that  God  hears  us.  ' '  For 
the  trumpet  now  is  sounding  that  shall  never  know  retreat  until  the  demon  of  strong 
drink  is  crushed  beneath  our  feet."  But  fathers,  husbands,  brothers,  sons,  this  great 
work  rests  measurably  with  you.  Will  you  be  found  among  those  who  come  up  to  the 
held  of  the  Lord  against  the  mighty?  If  so,  well;  if  not,  remember  God  reigns,  and 
He  will  devise  ways  and  means  of  working  out  this  social  problem  without  your  assist- 
ance.    May  God  speed  the  work  of  prohibition!  j  W.  C.  T.  U. 


THE  W.  C.  T.  U.,  HAVING  CUT  THEIR    EYE-TEETH,  WILL  NOW 
ABANDON  THE  SOOTH ING=SYRUP  POLICY. 


Mrs.  J.  E.  Work. 


From  the  Enterprise. 

"  She  hath  done  what  she  could"  was  the  commendation  of  the  divine  Teacher 
as  the  penitent  woman  kneeled  at  His  feet  and  washed  them  with  her  tears.  His 
promise  was  that  it  should  be  a  memorial  of  her  for  all  time;  and  through  the  ages 
women  have  wept  and  prayed,  not  only  in  penitence  for  their  own  sins,  but  more  often 
in  behalf  of  fathers,  husbands  and  brothers.  But  the  time  has  come  when  weeping 
and  praying  will  not  avail.  The  deadly  serpent  of  the  still  is  dragging  his  slimy  folds 
over  the  sacred  precincts  of  our  homes,  lifting  his  hydra  head  and  hissing  in  our  ears 
his  horrible  purpose  to  destroy  our  most  cherished  hopes  and  blast  our  dearest  expect- 
ations. And  shall  we  sit  tamely  by  and  do  no  more  than  weep  and  pray  while  our 
loved  ones  are  being  slain  before  our  eyes?  Is  this  all  we  can  do,  or  shall  we  take 
the  advice  of  one  of  our  legal  gentlemen  in  a  speech  at  one  of  our  street  temperance 
meetings?  He  advised  the  praying  brothers  and  singing  sisters,  as  he  called  them, 
to  enforce  the  laws  that  they  have,  giving  it  as  his  opinion  that  they  are  sufficient  to 
protect  us  if  enforced;  as  if  we  do  not  understand  the  perfect  farce  of  trying  to  enforce 
law  against  business  licensed  and  protected  by  law!  Thank  you,  gentlemen.  Women 
may  be  very  illogical,  but  they  are  not  fools,  and  we  will  leave  the  soothing  syrup 
now  to  teething  children.      We  have  cut  our  eye-teeth,  and  do  not  need  it,  but  we 


66  miscp:llaneous. 

are  not  going  to  abandon  the  field  to  the  enemy  by  any  means.  We  intend  to  keep 
this  matter  before  the  people.  Miss  Frances  Willard,  in  one  of  her  speeches,  said 
that  the  letters  W.  C.  T.  U.  had  two  other  interpretations  in  the  work  of  the  dif- 
ferent organizations,  all  tending  to  the  same  end.  It  means  we  come  to  unite,  and 
in  our  eflForts  to  suppress  the  traffic  it  means  we  come  to  upset,  and  this  we  intend 
to  do.  And  may  the  great  Ruler  of  the  universe  strengthen  our  hearts  and  lengthen 
our  tongues,  and,  taking  prohibition  for  our  watchword,  we  will  sing  in  the  ears  of 
the  voters  of  this  Republic  till  from  ver}-  weariness  of  hearing  it  they  will  avenge  us 
of  this  our  adversary  by  voting  to  stop  the  manufacture  of  this  liquid  fire  and  brim- 
stone, which  is  the  first  as  well  as  the  second  death.  And  as  faith  and  talk  will  not 
do  without  work,  do  not  be  alarmed  if  you  see  some  of  the  singing  sisters  coming 
toward  you  with  a  collection  card,  but  smilingly  put  your  hand  in  your  pocket  and 
furnish  the  needful  dimes  which  we  must  have  to  carry  on  this  work.  Mothers,  sis- 
ters, rouse  yourselves  to  the  importance  of  the  work  before  us,  and  help  to  drive  this 
evil  from  our  land,  and  then  will  come  the  time  of  which  the  angels  sang  on  the 
plains  of  Judea,  "  Peace  on  earth,  good  will  to  men."  W.  C.  T.  U. 


THE  RIBBON  OF  BLUE. 


Mrs.  Julia  E.  Chace. 


Mishawaka,  Indiana,  April  13, 1881. 

Young  man,  what  would  you  not  do  for  the  mother 

Who  loves  you  as  only  a  mother  can  love. 
Who  would  e'en  give  her  life,  could  she  save  you  from  sinning, 

And  for  you  ever  pleads  with  the  Father  above  ? 

Would  you  banish  forever  dark  clouds  of  foreboding, 

Bring  joy  to  the  heart  ever  loving  and  true. 
Let  me  whisper  it,  boys,  this  and  more  you'll  accomplish 

By  fgarlessly  donning  the  Ribbon  of  Blue. 

Not  a  true-hearted  sister,  wife,  maiden  or  mother 
All  over  this  fair  licensed  whiskey-cursed  land 

But  devoutly  thanks  God  when  her  loved  or  another 
Resolves  in  the  strength  of  true  manhood  to  stand. 

Then  haste  thee  to  flee  from  the  death-dealing  billows, 
Which  ruin  and  blacken  as  onward  they  roll; 


MISCELLANEOUS.  67 


Flee!  flee  from  the  wine  whose  deadly  aroma 
Will  wreck  and  destroy  thee,  both  body  and  soul. 

Aye,  boys,  with  pride  wear  the  "  badge  "  as  a  token 
That  unto  yourselves  you  will  ever  prove  true, 

That  the  vows  you  have  spoken  shall  never  be  broken 
And  your  lives  pure  and  true  as  this  Ribbon  of  Blue. 


DAVID  AND  THE  QIANT  IN  1882. 


Mrs.  Julia  E.  Chace. 


As  backward  we  tread  in  the  annals  of  time, 
A  prominent  city  named  Gath  we  may  find; 
There  sunbeams  danced  brightly  over  valley  and  hill, 
And  sweet  flow'rets  bloomed  by  the  murmuring  rill. 
But,  'mid  balmiest  breezes,  with  beauty  surrounding, 
Was  Goliath,  the  giant,  spreading  terror  around  him. 

To  the  armies  of  Israel  his  challenge  was  sent, 

Twice  repeated  each  day,  until  forty  were  spent 

In  defying  the  leaders  of  Israel's  host 

And  vaunting  his  prowess  in  blasphemous  boast, 

'Till,  dismayed  and  disheartened,  they  return  no  defiance; 

Must  they  3ield  to  this  power  unwilling  compliance ? 

No!  a  man,  small  of  stature,  and  only  a  youth. 
With  right  for  his  might  and  his  armor  of  Truth, 
Walks  forth,  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  of  Hosts, 
To  meet  the  bold  giant  and  silence  his  boasts; 
For  helmet  and  breastplate,  sword,  spear  and  shield 
Can  no  longer  give  safety — his  doom  is  now  sealed. 
Armor,  prowess  and  strength  prove  alike  unavailing  ; 
*****  -x-  -)t 

For  their  champion  slain,  the  Philistines  are  wailing. 

Friends,  we've  many  Gaths  of  modern  date; 
They  abound  and  flourish  in  every  state 
Where  a  hydra-headed  giant  is  found 
Spreading  death  and  destruction  all  around  ; 


68  MISCELLANEOUS. 

His  armor  is  kept  without  rent  or  flaw, 

For  'tis  made  of  the  liquor-license  law. 

E'en  the  pure  air  from  heaven  by  his  breath  is  polluted, 

And  the  ruin  he's  wrought  has  ne'er  yet  been  computed. 

Worse  than  thousand  Goliaths,  this  whiskey  fiend's  boast 

For  his  victims  each  day  are  a  countless  host. 

And  shall  we  idly  stand  while  this  monster  destroys 

The  hope  of  our  nation,  fair  girls  and  brave  boys  ? 

No!  like  David,  who  met  and  conquered  the  foe, 

In  the  name  of  the  Lord  of  Hosts  we'll  go 

Armed  for  the  contest ;  and  thus  may  we  live 

'Till  Israel's  God  shall  the  victory  give. 

For  on  Thee,  oh  Lord,  do  we  place  our  reliance ; 

Thou  can'st  wholly  defeat,  tho'  'twere  legions  of  giants. 


ALABASTER  BOXES  OF  HUMAN  SYMPATHY. 


Do  not  keep  the  alabaster  boxes  of  your  love  and  tenderness  sealed  up  until  your 
friends  are  dead.  Fill  their  lives  with  sweetness.  Speak  approving,  cheering  words 
while  their  ears  can  hear  them,  and  while  their  hearts  can  be  thrilled  and  made  hap- 
pier by  them;  the  kind  things  you  mean  to  say  when  they  are  gone,  saj'  before  they 
go.  The  flowers  you  mean  to  send  to  their  coffins,  send  to  brighten  and  sweeten 
their  homes  before  they  leave  them.  If  my  friends  have  alabaster  boxes  laid  away, 
full  of  fragrant  perfumes  of  sympathy  and  affection,  which  they  intend  to  break  over 
my  dead  body,  I  would  rather  they  would  bring  them  out  in  my  weary  and  troubled 
hours,  and  open  them,  that  I  may  be  refreshed  and  cheered  by  them  while  I  need 
them.  I  would  rather  have  a  plain  coffin  without  a  flower,  a  funeral  without  a  eulogy, 
than  a  life  without  the  sweetness  of  love  and  sympathy.  Let  us  learn  to  anoint  our 
friends  beforehand  for  burial.  Post-mortem  kindness  does  not  cheer  the  burdened 
spirit.     Flowers  on  the  coffin  cast  no  fragrance  backward  over  the  weary  way. 


GENERAL  GORDON. 


[General  Gordon,  just  before  leaving  England  for  the  Soudan,  sent  a  message  to 
Canon  Wilberforce,  ending,  "  I  am  now  calmly  resting  in  the  current  of  His  will."  ] 

BY  WILLIAM   LUFF. 
It  is  easy  when  the  current  bears  us  softly  through  the  vales, 
Where  sweet  music  ever  cheers  us  and  sweet  fragrance  fills  the  gales; 


MISCELLANEOUS.  69 

Where  the  sunlight  gleams  upon  us  and  the  flower-banks  shield  from  harm, 
It  is  easy  to  be  restful  when  the  stream  is  hushed  and  calm. 

But  it  dashes  and  it  crashes,  and  the  rocks  oppose  its  course, 
As  it  rushes  through  the  chasm  with  a  wild,  impetuous  force; 
I/O,  it  leaps  in  foaming  fury  o'er  the  cataract's  dark  brow! 
Am  I  resting  in  the  current  ?     Am  I  calmly  resting  now  ? 
Trust  it,  brother,  ever  trust  it,  for  it  cannot  lead  thee  wrong  ; 
Never  dare  to  stem  its  progress,  for  its  power  is  wise  as  strong  ; 
Though  it  wind  among  the  mountains,  where  the  shadows  darkly  fall. 
Calmly  rest  upon  its  bosom,  trust  its  majesty  through  all. 

Do  its  waters  overwhelm  thee  ?     Art  thou  troubled  and  distressed  ? 
Carried  onward,  carried  downward,  all  is  working  for  the  best. 
Hold  the  centre  of  the  current,  shun  the  rocks  of  human  craft ; 
Calmly  rest  upon  its  bosom,  and  no  hurt  shall  reach  thy  raft. 

I  am  resting,  calmly  resting,  in  the  current  of  His  will ; 
Where  it  bears  me  I  am  happy,  be  it  cataract  or  rill ; 
Like  a  straw  upon  the  waters,  I  would  yield  myself  to  go 
Just  wherever  He  shall  bear,  and  rejoice  to  have  it  so. 

I  am  resting,  calmly  resting,  in  the  current  of  His  will ; 
Not  a  struggle,  not  a  murmur,  in  the  whirlpool  restful  still. 
O,  delightful,  sweet  submission!     O,  enjoyed  and  perfect  rest ! 
Till  I  reach  the  boundless  ocean  and  His  loving,  peaceful  breast. —  The  [London] 
Christian. 


lO  VICTIS. 


W.  W.  STORY. 


I  sing  the  Hymn  of  the  Conquered,  who  fell  in  the  battle  of  life — 

The  hymn  of  the  wounded,  the  beaten,  who  died  overwhelmed  in  the  strife; 

Not  the  jubilant  song  of  the  victors,  for  whom  the  resounding  acclaim 

Of  nations  was  lifted  in  chorus,  whose  brows  wore  the  chaplet  of  fame — 

But  the  hymn  of  the  low  and  humble,  the  weary,  the  broken  in  heart. 

Who  strove  and  who  failed,  acting  bravely  a  silent  and  desperate  part; 

Whose  youth  bore  no  flower  in  its  branches,  whose  hopes  burned  in  ashes  away. 

From  whose  hands  slipped   the  prize  they  had  grasped,  who  stood  at  the  dying  of  day 

With  the  work  of  their  life  all  around  them,  uplifted,  unheeded,  alone, 


70  MISCELLANEOUS. 

With  death  swooping  down  o'er  their  failure,  and  all  but  their  faith  overthrown. 

While  the  voice  of  the  world  shouts  its  chorus,  its  paean  for  those  who  have  won — 

While  the  trumpet  is  sounding  triumphant,  and  high  to  the  breeze  and  the  sun 

Gay  banners  are  waving,  hands  clapping,  and  hurrying  feet 

Thronging  after  the  laurel-crowned  victors — I  stand  on  the  field  of  defeat 

In  the  shadow,  'mongst  those  who  are  fallen,  and  wounded,  and  dying — and  there 

Chant  a  requiem  low,  place  my  hand  on  their  pain-knotted  brows,  breathe  a  prayer, 

Hold  the  hand  that  is  hapless,  and  whisper,  ' '  They  only  the  victory  win 

Who  have  fought  the  good  fight,  and  have  vanquished  the  demon  that  tempts  us 

within  ; 
Who  have  held  to  their  faith,  unseduced  by  the  prize  that  the  world  holds  on  high; 
Who  have  dared  for  a  high  cause  to  suffer,  resist,  fight — if  need  be,  to  die. ' ' 
Speak,  history  !     Who  are  life's  victors?     Unroll  thy  long  annals  and  say — 
Are  they  those  whom  the  world  called  the  victors,  who  won  the  success  of  the  day  ? 
The  martyrs,  or  Nero  ?     The  Spartans  who  fell  at  Thermopylae's  tryst  ? 
Or  the  Persians  and  Xerxes  ?     His  judges,  or  Socrates?     Pilot,  or  Christ? 


DIED. 

Lilly  May,  infant  daughter  of  Albert  and  Anna  Kellogg,  was  born  August  2,  1873, 
and  died  September  28,  1874. 

TO  MR.  AND  MRS.  KELLOGG. 

Like  a  beautiful  sunbeam,  bright  and  fair, 
Came  your  babe  to  bless  and  your  love  to  share, 
But  O  how  dark  and  dreary  the  day 
When  she  like  a  broken  lily  lay! 

We  knew,  as  we  noted  the  failing  breath, 

That  very  near  was  the  angel  of  death; 

But  we  felt  that  redolent  grew  the  air 

With  the  white  rob'd  messengers  ling'ring  there. 

We  wept  o'er  the  anguish  witnessed  when 
Was  severed  the  bud  from  the  parent  stem; 
But,  leaving  the  chill,  bleak  shores  of  time, 
Transplanted,  it  blooms  in  a  lovelier  clime. 

As  we  gazed  on  the  waxen  form  so  fair, 
And  severed  one  tress  of  shining  hair, 


MISCELLANEOUS.  71 

Then  closed  the  beautiful  eyes  so  blue, 
I  Not  lost,  we  murmured,  for  well  we  knew 

Though  the  footfall  here  wakes  echo  no  more, 

Firm  is  its  tread  on  the  golden  shore. 

There,  blest  in  the  light  of  His  love,  she  waits, 

'Til  for  thee  shall  be  opened  the  pearly  gates. — Mrs.  Juwa  Chace. 


IN  MEMORIAM. 


[Addressed  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Potter  on  the  death  of  little  Truman.) 


A  priceless  treasure  to  thee  was  lent, 

Which  day  by  day  more  beautiful  grew, 
'Til  hope  and  love  wove  visions  bright 

Of  the  future  years  of  baby  Tru'. 

Time  sped  on,  and  the  rosy  lips 

Lisped  the  music  of  accent  sweet. 
While  an  added  joy  to  the  parent  heart 

Was  the  echoed  patter  of  little  feet. 

Love  environed,  he  grew  apace, 

But,  ah!  life's  numbered  years  were  few. 
For  His  treasure  lent  the  Father  sent. 

And  the  angels  hasten'd  for  little  Tru'. 

How  doubly  blest  are  the  early  called 

Eternity's  years  can  only  unfold, 
For  the  Shepherd  there  gives  tenderest  care 

To  the  precious  lambs  of  the  "Upper  Fold." — Mrs.  J.  E.  C. 


THE   WARNING  DREAM. 


"GOD   LOVETH   A   CHEERFUI,  GIVER." — COR.    IX:  7. 


(The  following  lines  were  suggested  by  the  perusal  of  a  story  in  which  was  given 
a  vivid  description  of  the  different  views  entertained  by  a  husband  and  wife  regarding 
the  true  aim  and  object  of  existence.     She,  possessing  a  practical  faith  which  mani- 


t2  MISCELLANEOUS. 

fested  itself  in  works,  truly  believed  when  she  "gave  to  the  poor  she  lent  to  the  Lord," 
and  endeavored  to  "do  His  commandments,  that  she  might  have  right  to  the  Tree  of 
Life,  and  enter  through  the  gates  into  that  city  where  gold  finds  no  place,  save  in  the 
formation  of  its  streets,  'neath  the  tread  of  the  redeemed."  He,  time-serving  and 
void  of  sympathy,  recognized  no  obligations  outside  the  precincts  of  his  own  luxuri- 
ous home — for  he  represented  that  numerous  class  who  stop  at  no  expense  inasmuch 
as  it  contributes  to  their  own  happiness,  but  for  any  other  purpose  cannot  be  induced 
to  part  with  their  "shining  gold."  Upon  one  occasion — after  den\-ing  his  wife  the 
privilege  of  carrj'ing  into  eflfect  some  benevolent  design — he  fell  asleep  over  his  paper 
and  dreamt  that  death,  having  first  robbed  him  of  his  loved  ones,  had  at  last  brought 
him  into  the  spirit  world,  where,  through  a  land  dark,  lone  and  dismal,  he  was  has- 
tening to  join  the  loved  ones  who  had  preceded  him.  His  disappointment  and  the 
cause  will  be  found  embodied  in  this  poem.)  • 

He  dreams,  and  lo!  through  the  mystic  realms 

Of  the  valley  of  shadows  he  wends  his  way; 

Still  presses  he  on  with  an  eager  tread. 

For  beyond  where  sunset  glories  are  shed 
Lies  the  beautiful  city  of  endless  day. 

Onward,  for  oh!  how  he  yearns  to  greet 

His  loved  and  lost  who  have  gone  before; 

He  knows,  just  beyond  those  battlements  bright. 

The  glory  of  God  and  the  Lamb  is  the  light, 
And  fain  would  he  dwell  on  that  radiant  shore. 

All,  see!  a  gleam  of  that  wondrous  light 

Now  pierces  the  shadows  which  brood  o'er  his  way; 
'Mid  the  rivulets  pure  and  meadows  green 
Of  that  bright  beyond  forms  belov'd  are  seen. 

Oh,  the  bliss  of  re-union  in  endless  day! 

Poor  man :  so  near,  yet  so  far  away 

From  his  shining  ones  in  the  love-light  pure ; 

He — on  the  barren  so  bleak  and  cold — 

Sees  rising  a  wall  formed  of  glittering  gold. 
More  bright  than  of  yore,  still  it  fails  to  allure. 

"Lost,  lost!"  he  wails,  and  the  echo  resounds 
Through  the  length  and  breadth  of  that  desolate  land. 
See!  a  swift- winged  messenger,  robed  in  light. 


MISCELLANEOUS.  73 

I/ike  a  vision  of  beauty  bursts  on  his  sight. 
List  the  cry:  "Comest  thou  with  a  helping  hand  ?" 

Though  his  glance  told  how  great  was  the  pity  of  heaven, 

Still  firm  the  response  by  this  Son  of  Light  given : 

"Not  for  thee  bloom  and  beauty  or  exquisite  song. 

For  this  golden  obstacle,  high  and  strong, 

By  thy  hand  erected,  must  evermore  stand, 
Forbidding  thine  entrance  to  yon  blissful  land. 

"No  heed  wouldst  thou  give  to  His  promise  or  love, 

Who  fain  would  have  built  thee  a  mansion  above. 

O  fatal  decision,  devotion  to  self, 

And  insatiate  greed  of  this  glittering  pelf, 

Which  sparkles  and  towers  and  dazzles  for  thee! 
Of  thy  sowing,  behold,  this  the  harvest  shall  be! 

"Oft  thy  chosen  companion  tearfully  plead 

That  thou  would'st  give  to  the  famishing  bread. 

Thy  response,  'What  folly  it  is  to  suppose 

In  striving  to  lessen  humanity's  woes. 

We  lend  to  the  Lord,  who  with  treasures  untold 

Will  repay  this  improvident  outlay  of  gold; 

Better  keep  what  we  have;  I  think  it  more  wise 
Than  this  effort  by  proxy  to  build  in  the  skies.' 

"  'O  husband,'  she  wailed,  '  'tis  madness  to  scoff, 
For  the  earth  is  the  Lord's,  and  the  fullness  thereof; 
His  the  cattle  upon  a  thousand  hills, 
And  shall  we  refuse  to  dispense  as  He  wills? 
Like  an  eye  of  flame  burns  the  changeless  Word: 
'  He  gives  to  the  poor  who  would  lend  to  the  Lord. ' 
Though  wretched  and  lowly  the  suppliant  be, 

'  Thou  shalt  thus,'  said  the  Master,  '  bestow  upon  Me.' 

"Thus,  day  by  day,  as  the  years  were  enrolled. 

Rose  the  mansion  fair,  by  her  sweet  faith  controll'd. 
And  the  gold  she  lent  on  that  love-illum'd  street 
Laid  the  shining  pavement  beneath  her  feet; 
Thine,  garnered  and  treasured  by  thy  command, 
Built  this  golden  structure,  massive  and  grand; 
'Tis  all  thine  own,  yet  this  barrier  of  thine 


74  MISCELLANEOUS. 

Shall  exclude  the  light  of  the  inner  shrine — 
Withhold  from  thy  sight  and  fond  embrace 
Treasured  form  and  angelic  face. 
Thine,  ever  thine,  it  shall  glitter  for  thee, 
For  time-chosen  treasures  eternal  shall  be!" 

Mrs.  Jui.ia  Ewer  Chace. 

Mishawaka,  Ind. 


JESU5  OUR  REFUGE. 


MARK  IV  :  37,  38,  39. 


Wildly  the  tempest  swept  over  the  sea, 

'Til  but  upheaving  billows  was  deep  Galilee; 

Thrilling  the  cry  'bove  the  mad  waters'  rave  : 

"  We  perish  !  we  perish  ! —  Lord  hear  us  and  save  !  " 

Though  gently  was  spoken  that  "  Peace,  be  still," 
Winds  and  waves  bow  to  His  gracious  will  ; 
Again  do  the  depths  mirror  perfect  respose. 
As  the  blue  wave  in  peace  and  tranquillity  flows. 

E'en  thus,  O  our  Savior,  we  cry  unto  Thee, 
As  wildly  we're  toss'd  on  life's  perilous  sea, 
And  our  frail  bark  shrinks  from  each  pitiless  wave  ; 
We  perish  !  we  perish  !   if  Thou  dost  not  save. 

Oh,  for  that  faith  which  shall  lead  us  to  Thee, 
Though  "walking  the  waters"  of  life's  troubled  sea  ; 
Nor  let  us  sink  down  'neath  its  treacherous  wave  ; 
Lord,  help  us  ! — We  perish  if  Thou  dost  not  save. 

From  the  waves  that  o'erwhelm — of  sin  and  regret — 
From  the  evils  which  ever  our  paths  here  beset ; 
From  all  that  sheds  darkness  or  gloom  o'er  the  grave, 
O  Lord,  our  Redeemer,  defend  us  and  save. — Mrs.  J.  E.  C. 


MISCELLANEOUS.  75 

HARY. 


WRITTEN  BY  REQUEST. 


More  sweet  than  the  breath  of  Araby's  bowers, 

Wafting  afar  on  orient  gales, 
Kissing  the  morn  whose  wealth  of  bright  hours 

More  radiant  grows  as  the  future  unveils  : 

Aye,  dearer  and  sweeter  than  combining  aromas 

Distilled  from  the  heart  of  exotics  most  rare, 
Is  the  fragrance  emitted  by  mem'ries  which  cluster 

'  Round  the  Marys,  so  gentle,  deToted  and  fair. 

Like  a  strain  of  sweet  music  from  harp-strings  .^l^olian, 
Floating  along  through  the  dim  aisles  of  time. 

Comes  the  record  of  purity,  love  and  devotion 
Which  e'er  round  the  Marys  of  old  must  entwine. 

That  "  better  part "  by  a  Mary  was  chosen; 

"  Mary's  tears  bathed  His  feet,"  pride  and  vanity  gone; 
"  Last  near  the  Cross  "  'twas  a  Mary  who  lingered; 

"  At  the  sepulchre  Mary  was  seen  with  the  dawn." 

O'er  the  brow  of  one  evermore  "  bless'd  among  women  " 

Is  woven  a  chaplet  of  bright  immortelles. 
And  down  through  the  age  with  the  sweet  name  of  Mary 

A  charm  never  fading  and  potent  still  dwells. — Mrs.  J.  E.  C. 


DEDICATED  TO  MY  SCRAP  BOOK. 


BY   MRS.  JUUA  ChACE. 


Dear  silent  companion,  thy  pages  are  rife 
With  the  purity,  sweetness  and  beauty  of  life; 
From  thee  may  we  gather  the  sweet  echo  chime 
As  softly  it  floats  down  the  dim  aisles  of  time, 
'  Til,  wrapt  in  its  melodies,  rich  and  rare. 
Life  woos  us  anew  with  its  freedom  from  care. 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

In  thee  do  we  find,  exquisitely  wrought, 
Purest  gems,  won  from  the  bright  realms  of  thought; 
And  still  shall  they  shine,  while  the  ages  shall  roll, 
With  rays  that  refract,  reproduce  in  the  soul 
Bmanations  sublime,  which  here  to  us  given, 
Prove  a  foretaste  sweet  of  a  sinless  Heaven. 

When  I  shall  have  pass'd  to  the  other  shore, 
May  these  sweet  exotics  I've  lingered  o'er. 
By  my  dear  ones  sought,  rebloom  in  the  heart, 
And  their  rich  fragance  to  them  impart. 
Thus  shall  utterance  pure  with  harmonies  blend. 
And  only  with  time  may  its  mission  here  end. 


TO  MR.  AND  MRS.  F.  G.  P. 


'Tis  said  the  weather  on  the  bridal  (as  bride's)  day,  and  the  succeeding  one 
(groom's  day)  indicates  or  omens  the  kind  of  life  the  newly-wedded  shall  lead  to- 
gether. 

May  the  untried  years  of  thy  future  prove 

Bright  and  serene  as  the  bridal  hour, 
Illum'd  by  the  light  of  a  deathless  love, 

ControU'd  by  the  light  of  its  magical  power. 

If  perchance  but  a  shadow  may  seem  to  obscure 

The  beautiful  light  of  that  rose-tinted  realm. 
Bear  and  forbear  is  a  talisman  sure 

To  open  the  flood-gates  of  radiance  again. 

E'en  thus  may  the  bark  of  the  twain  made  one 

Securely  float  down  the  river  of  time, 
'Til,  bathed  in  the  splendor  of  life's  setting  sun, 

Entranced  thou  shalt  list  to  the  evening  chime. 

And  still  where  the  ages  of  time  shall  merge 

In  eternity's  fathomless,  limitless  sea. 
Beyond  the  knell  of  a  parting  dirge. 

May  thy  love  continued  perfected  be. — Mrs.  J.  E.  Chace. 


MISCELLANEOUS.  77 

JENNIE  LIND. 


The  following  lines  were  written  more  than  forty  years  ago,  shortly  after  Jennie 
Lind  came  to  America. 

I  have  listened  oft  with  pleasure 

To  the  praises,  loud  and  long, 
Lavished  in  no  stinted  measure 

On  the  beauteous  Queen  of  Song. 
Oh!  how  much  I've  longed  to  share 
In  listening  to  that  voice  so  rare. 

By  a  noble  mind  attended, 

I  have  thought  this  voice  was  given 
By  His  love,  who,  though  ascended. 

Grants  a  foretaste  of  that  Heaven, 
Where  the  good,  the  pure,  the  free 
Join  their  sweetest  melody. 

As  one  drop  from  out  the  ocean 

Is  the  semblance  given  here 
Of  that  blissful,  thrilling  portion 

Granted  in  a  holier  sphere. 
Where  the  myriad  voices  sing 
Anthems  to  their  Savior  King, 

May  the  yet  unrivalled  songstress 

To  earth's  sons  be  given  long. 
Gladdening  by  her  gift  so  boundless, 

Cheering  by  her  glorious  song. 
May  she,  when  from  earth  set  free, 
Join  the  angels'  minstrelsy. 

To  her  heart,  so  pure  and  gentle. 

Be  the  shield  of  mercy  given, 
Fitting  it  for  its  presental 

To  that  glorious  home  in  heaven, 
Where  sweet  praise  is  ever  hymned, 
May'st  thou  be  welcomed,  Jennie  Lind.— Julia  E.  Chace. 


78  MISCELLANEOUS. 

THE  OLD  BRIDGE. 


Chant  me  a  requiem  sad  and  slow, 

No  more  shall  I  gaze  on  the  ebb  and  flow 

Of  thy  silv'ry  wavelets,  old  St.  Jo. 

Ah,  well.  I  am  told,  whether  lowly  or  great, 
All  things  earthly  must  meet  their  fate. 
And  mine,  'tis  apparent,  is  to  "  cremate." 

Twenty  odd  years  I  have  served  full  well. 

And  while  in  your  luidst  am  permitted  to  dwell, 

Treasured  secrets  would  scorn  to  tell. 

Though  such,  indiscreetly,  I  may  not  promulge, 
In  reminiscence  I  fain  would  indulge 
And  ray  own  meditations  thus  divulge. 

Flitting  like  dreams  through  the  shadowy  past, 
Memories  varied  crowd  thick  and  fast, 
Soon,  oh  soon,  they  will  prove  the  last. 

Trembling,  and  wearied  with  labor  and  time, 
To  a  younger  and  stronger  I  soon  shall  resign, 
And  gladly  the  care- freighted  future  consign. 

Thrilling  anew,  I  remember  the  hours 

When  the  beautiful  earth  seemed  a  garden  of  flowers. 

And  love's  whjsper  sweet,  as  neath  sylvan  bowers. 

I  remember,  too,  with  grief  and  pain. 

Oft  the  frenzied  cry,  which  proved  but  vain, 

Of  bleeding  hearts  in  the  funeral  train. 

In  politics,  too,  I  became  well  versed. 

As  from  year  to  year,  with  insatiate  thirst, 

I  listened  to  hear  the  subject  rehearsed. 

The  grand  old  flag,  our  national  pride, 
I  have  seen  imperil'd  when  treason  defied  ; 
More  firmly  it  waves  since  its  subjects  were  tried. 

Beautiful  words  of  praise  I  recall, 

Ascending  to  Him  who  reigns  over  all  ; 

But  oh  !    with  what  terror,  what  dread,  what  appall, 


MISCELLANEOUS.  79 

E'en  wooden  ears  shrank  from  the  language  profane 
With  which  men  in  their  madness  their  souls  still  stain. 
"Thou  My  name,"  saith  Jehovah,  "shalt  not  take  in  vain." 

The  inebriate's  song  I've  heard  with  disgust, 
And  marveled  that  one  with  so  holy  a  trust 
Could  the  glory  of  manhood  thus  trail  in  the  dust. 

Would  that  the  words  that  Divine  love  hath  given 

Home  to  the  hearts  of  offenders  were  driven, 

"No  drunkard  can  enter  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven." 

Many  lessons  hath  life,  oh,  heed  while  ye  may, 
For  darkness  must  follow  the  sunniest  day, 
And  on  all  things  is  written  "  Passing  away." 

Then  chant  my  requiem,  soft  and  low, 
One  lingering  farewell  glance  bestow, 
As  I  to  the  land  of  oblivion  go. 


BLUES. 

My  subject,  though  gloomy  and  chilling — the  blues — 
Since  named  by  my  husband,  I  may  not  refuse, 
Though  I'd  fain  with  a  happier  theme  be  impressed 
When  thought  assumes  form  and  to  him  is  addressed. 

Should  this  investigation  prove  prosy  or  dry, 
Perchance  prompt  reproof — a  frown  or  a  sigh — 
I  trust  you'll  forgive,  or  at  least  will  excuse — 
Inspiration  itself  must  needs  die  near  the  blues. 

"  What's  the  matter,  my  dear,"  is  a  query  not  new, 
As  the  visage  elongate  is  presented  to  view  ; 
A  voice — from  its  tone  might  proceed  from  the  shoes — 
Replies,  "  Nothing,  nothing,  only  I've  got  the  blues." 

Answered,  I  grant ;   still  must  I  muse 
O'er  this  manifest  sadness  styled  briefly  "the  blues." 
The  cause  ?  asks  my  heart ;  oh,  why  need  this  be  ? — 
Trembling  the  while  lest  'tis  traced  back  to  me. 


80  MISCELLANEOUS. 

Repents  he  the  vows  which  our  lives  thus  entwined  ? 
Have  I  proved  less  constant,  devoted  or  kind, 
Than  anticipation,  when  w^andering  through 
Misty  lands  of  the  future,  presented  to  view  ? 

He  says  to  this  "No  ;  "   "  What  is  it  then,  pray  ?  " 

"  '  Bothered,  perplexed,  and  discouraged'  you  say  ; 

I  feel  that  'tis  true  ;  still,  this  do  you  know — 

Where  the  rose-bloom  is  fairest,  the  sharpest  thorns  grow?" 

"  Were  there  here  no  perplexities,  sorrow  or  strife, 
Who  would  e'en  give  a  thought  to  that  holier  life  ? 
Were  the  soul  aspirations,  the  spirit's  glad  trust, 
Like  the  clay  that  enshrines,  they'd  be  wedded  to  dust." 

"Then  let  us,  dear  husband,  with  cheerful  content, 

Bear  the  darkness  and  clouds  which  in  kindness  are  sent ; 

Though  luxuries  may  to  us  be  denied, 

Let  us  limit  our  wants  by  subduing  our  pride. 

"Thus,  when  cares  pale  the  cheek,  and  years  dim  the  eye, 
We'll  remain  young  in  spirit,  for  love  cannot  die  ; 
Then,  with  hope  weaving  o'er  us  his  tri-colored  hues, 
We'll  banish  forever  these  heartaching  blues." — Mrs.  J.  E.  C. 


RECIPE. 

I  WISH,  for  the  benefit  of  mothers,  to  say  I  discovered,  while  taking  care  of  sick 
babies,  that  Sea  Moss  Farina  was  a  very  valuable  article  if  properly  prepared. 
Bennie  Grout  would  soon  have  died  vdth  the  canker  and  indigestion  which  had  taken 
possession  of  him  if  something  had  not  immediately  reached  his  case.  I  took  of  Sea 
Moss  Farina  one  teaspoonful,  one  pint  of  boiling  water,  a  pinch  of  salt,  also  of  sugar; 
put  all  together  in  his  bottle  and  let  him  drink  all  he  wanted  between  times  of  nurs- 
ing— never,  be  it  remembered,  oftener  than  once  in  three  hours.  And  the  same 
preparation  can  be  used  with  one  pint  of  milk  added  and  all  boiled  together,  to  give 
young  babies  as  food,  as  there  is  a  mucilage  in  it  which  keeps  the  milk  from  curdling 
in  the  stomach.  This  food  is  particularly  adapted  to  weak  stomachs,  but  care  must 
be  taken  to  follow  the  directions,  as  more  than  I  have  named  of  the  farina  in  its  pro- 
portion would  produce  too  frequent  evacuation. 


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